{"product_id":"njals-saga-by-robert-cook-9780140447699","title":"Njal's Saga","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in the thirteenth century, \u003cem\u003eNjal's Saga\u003c\/em\u003e is a story that explores perennial human problems—from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, \u003cem\u003eNjal's Saga\u003c\/em\u003e tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532187783404,"sku":"9780140447699","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27364763482237.jpg?v=1749308392","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/njals-saga-by-robert-cook-9780140447699","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}