"HAUNTING." --The New York Times Book Review Jane Smiley, the Pultizer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres, gives us a magnificent novel of fourteenth-century Greenland. Rich with fascinating detail about the day-to-day joys and innumerable hardships of remarkable people, The Greenlanders is also the compelling 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. Echoing the simple power of the old Norse sagas, here is a novel that brings a remote civilization to life and shows how it was very like our own. "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. . . . Jane Smiley is a true storyteller." --The Washington Post "A POWERFUL, MOVING STUDY OF HUMAN FRAILTY AND THE EPHEMERAL NATURE OF COURAGE AND LOVE." --USA Today "WONDERFUL . . . A HISTORICAL NOVEL WITH THE NEARNESS OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION." --The New Republic "[AN] EPIC MASTERPIECE . . . SPELLBINDING." --Newsday
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394551206
ISBN-13
9780394551203
eBay Product ID (ePID)
174069
Product Key Features
Book Title
Greenlanders
Author
Jane Smiley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Historical
Publication Year
1988
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Non-Classifiable, Fiction
Number of Pages
592 Pages
Dimensions
Item Weight
34.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.M39g7 1988
Publication Date
1988-03-12
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 unravelDickens, Dumas, TolstoyThe Greenlanderssweeps the reader along. . . . Smiley is a true storyteller." The Washington Post From the Trade Paperback edition.
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
88-002758
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
19
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