| Title: | All about Scandinavia |
| Moderator: | TLE::SAVAGE |
| Created: | Wed Dec 11 1985 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 603 |
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I had a class on Old Icelandic/Old Norse a year ago while at school. As part of the class we read in English translation (as well as reading chapters in the "original" Old Norse) the saga: Nj�ls Saga. It was a very good story. Anyway, it got me interested in reading s�gu (in translation). I bought and read King Harald's Saga and borrowed Laxd�la Saga. I recently was able to buy for 99� each Hrafnkels Saga and Other Stories and The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (I think that is what it was called). I am about 7/8 the way through Hrafnkel and will start The Vinland Sagas soon. I enjoy reading these sagas in translation. I would recommend them to anyone interested in good reading in a slightly different narrative style. The translations are usually by Magnus Magnusson and/or P�l P�lson (I think that is his name) and are from Penguin Books. They are probably available from other publishers, but I haven't seen them.
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| 329.1 | minor correction | NORGE::CHAD | Ich glaube Ich t�te Ich h�tte | Wed May 10 1989 10:31 | 4 |
I checked at home. The other translator is Hermann P�lson, not P�l P�lson. Chad | |||||
| 329.2 | S�gurnar eru g��ar | LEROUF::PALO | �etta finnst m�r �g�tt! | Tue May 16 1989 11:01 | 12 |
Yes, I too like many of the Icelandic sagas ("s�gur" plural, "saga" singular)
I could also recommend Egils Saga and Grettirs Saga. There is a movie series
that is very interesting; there are two movies (at my last count) the first
was presented at the Cannes Film festival last year, and I saw it while in
Iceland in November... I think it was called "� skugga hrafnsins" which means
in the Ravens shadow... I'm looking forward to seeing the other(s) (gott l�ka
a� halda vi� �slenzkuna !)
me� bestu kve�jur
\rikki
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| 329.3 | Probably not at Blockbuster Video in Nashua... | TLE::INSINGA | Aron Insinga, zk2-3/n30 office 3n50 | Fri Aug 24 1990 15:35 | 3 |
Does anyone know how to get copies of any of these Icelandic films on video tape? (With English subtitles?) I heard that one was shown in Boston recently but we missed it. | |||||