Seven Dreams The Ice-Shirt, (Paperback)

from HadriantheBlind

Another dense book by Vollmann (which is his tendency), and one of many of his which interweaves myth and story and ancedote with history. Writes in the style of sagas and ancient myths very convincincly. Characterizes the biting and forbidding nature of the north. On to #2, as soon as I can find...

from technodiabla

Ice-Shirt is a highly original blend of historical fiction and myth with snippets of the author's travel experiences. I primarily enjoyed learning about the Viking way of life and the places they explored (Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland). The mythological components, while interesti...

from iangreenleaf

This is a book that is most enjoyable in relation to the Icelandic Sagas and other ancient writing. The sagas are often long, wandering, and difficult to fathom, and this book, too, is all of those things. Out of context, it might remain something inexplicable, as if Kurt Vonnegut had edited a co...