The Sagas of Icelanders - (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Various (Paperback)

The Sagas of Icelanders is a collection of medieval literature that ranks among the world's greatest literary treasures.

With epic scope and psychological intensity, these stories depict the lives and deeds of Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and their descendants who ventured to Greenland and North America.

The book includes the celebrated Vinland Sagas, which recount Leif Eriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of North American continent.

Jane Smiley's ten works of fiction include The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love and Good Will, Moo, A Thousand Acres (which won the Pulitzer Prize), and most recently the bestselling Horse Heaven.

This is a must-read for anyone interested in literature, history or culture.