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Njáls Saga
(Njála) anonymous (Icelandic) 1270-1290 (A sage in medieval Iceland attempts to restore order in the face of bloody vengeance and warrior’s honor) The mighty deeds of a free people in struggle are frequently represented in timeless literature—such stories will never go stale. Whether tossed on the stormy Mediterranean, afoot in the forests and scrublands of […]
Go Down, Moses
July 4, 2014 / Leave a comment
William Faulkner 1942 (Vivid tales from the deeply rooted McCaslin family of Mississippi explore the human desire to dominate others.) Faulkner raises a novel, especially Go Down, Moses, like a mountain range. A small peak here, another one some indefinite distance to the side but nearer to the viewer, another apparently between them but actually much […]
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