The Icelandic sagas are world literature. Kristof Magnusson tells an incredibly exciting and modern story about the medieval texts that recount the lives of the first settlers in Iceland and their journeys from Scotland and Greenland to America. Dashiell Hammett admired their dialogues, Borges their cynical realism, and their relevance is astonishing. "Outstanding, magnificent," the press raved about the new translation, which set new standards.