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“Vollmann yokes together a grand mythological retelling of various myths across the pan-Arctic world, plus the history of the failed settlement, plus his own experiences of what it’s like to be in those regions now. The whole thing is mesmerising, in the way he switches between material that he takes from the historical or quasi-historical Norse sagas and his vision of the underworld, which is absolutely terrifying when Freydis goes into it, and also the ice and glaciers of the real world.” Read more...
The Best Norse Mythology Books
Carolyne Larrington, Literary Scholar
