The Greenlanders - by Jane Smiley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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<i> </i>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. <p/></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Impressive. . . . Haunting. . . . She is a diverse and masterly writer." -<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p><p> </p><p>"An epic masterpiece. . . . Spellbinding." -<i>Newsday</i></p><p> </p><p>"A sprawling, multi-generational, heroic Norse narrative." -<i>Chicago Tribune</i></p><p> </p><p>"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-<b>The Greenlanders </b>sweeps the reader along. . . . Smiley is a true storyteller." -<i>The Washington Post</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including <i>A Thousand Acres, </i>which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and most recently, <i>Golden Age, </i> the concluding volume of The Last Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California. <p/></p>
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