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Greenlanders by Jane Smiley (2005, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400095468
ISBN-139781400095469
eBay Product ID (ePID)45412511
Product Key Features
Book TitleGreenlanders
Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJane Smiley
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"Impressive.... Haunting.... She is a diverse and masterly writer." -- The New York Times Book Review "An epic masterpiece.... Spellbinding." -- Newsday "A sprawling, multi-generational, heroic Norse narrative." -- Chicago Tribune "Totally compelling.... Fascinating.... In the manner of the big books of the nineteenth century, in which complex family and community matters unravel--Dickens, Dumas, Tolstoy-- The Greenlanders sweeps the reader along.... Smiley is a true storyteller." -- The Washington Post, "Impressive. . . . Haunting. . . . She is a diverse and masterly writer." The New York Times Book Review "An epic masterpiece. . . . Spellbinding." Newsday "A sprawling, multi-generational, heroic Norse narrative." Chicago Tribune "Totally compelling. . . . Fascinating. . . . In the manner of the big books of the nineteenth century, in which complex family and community matters unravelDickens, Dumas, TolstoyThe Greenlanderssweeps the reader along. . . . Smiley is a true storyteller." The Washington Post, "Impressive. . . . Haunting. . . . She is a diverse and masterly writer." The New York Times Book Review "An epic masterpiece. . . . Spellbinding." Newsday "A sprawling, multi-generational, heroic Norse narrative." Chicago Tribune "Totally compelling. . . . Fascinating. . . . In the manner of the big books of the nineteenth century, in which complex family and community matters unravelDickens, Dumas, Tolstoy The Greenlanders sweeps the reader along. . . . Smiley is a true storyteller." The Washington Post
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres --and "a diverse and masterly writer" ( The New York Times Book Review)-- comes an enthralling epic tale, written in the tradition of the old Norse sagas, that takes us to fourteenth-century Greenland and tells the story of a proud landowner and his unforgettable family. Jane Smiley brings us to a farflung place of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains. This is the story of one family: proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Jane Smiley immerses us in this world of farmers, priests, and lawspeakers, of hunts and feasts and long-standing feuds, and by an act of literary magic, makes a remote time, place, and people not only real but dear to us., Smiley gives readers a magnificant novel of 14th century Greenland. Rich with fascinating detail about day-to-day life, The Greenlanders is also the compelling story of one family. Echoing the simple power of old Norse sagas, The Greenlanders brings a remote civilization to unforgettable life., This enthralling epic tale, written in the tradition of the old Norse sagas, takes us to fourteenth-century Greenland--a farflung place of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains. This is the story of one family: proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Jane Smiley immerses us in this world of farmers, priests, and lawspeakers, of hunts and feasts and long-standing feuds, and by an act of literary magic, makes a remote time, place, and people not only real but dear to us.
LC Classification NumberPS3568.O243
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