The Sea Road
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Book Overview
A haunting and compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is an ambitious retelling of the Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the view-point of one extraordinary woman, as transcribed by an Icelandic monk commissioned to write her life story by his superiors in Rome. Gudrid lives at the remote edge of the known world, in a starkly beautiful landscape where the sea is the only connection to the shores beyond. It is a world where the old Norse gods are still invoked, even as Christianity gains favor, where the spirits of the dead roam the vast northern ice fields, tormenting the living, and Viking explorers plunder foreign shores. Taking the accidental discovery of North America as its focal point, Gudrid's narrative describes a multilayered voyage into the unknown, all recounted with astonishing immediacy and rich atmospheric detail.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1841951765
ISBN13:9781841951768
Release Date:August 2001
Publisher:Canongate Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.56 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Beautifully Written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book was beautifully written and the images floated inside my head as I was reading this book.
highly recommended read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
for everyone who likes sigrid undset "kristin lavrandsdaughter", halldor laxness "independent people", cecilia hollander "two ravens", and just generally the saga style, this is a well-written, lovely book. (for content see the book-description above). i really enjoyed this and think i will read it again eventually.
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