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Wikipedia article
'Gerpla' is a 1952 Icelandic novel by Halldr Laxness based on the Old Icelandic 'Fstbrra saga'.strur Eysteinsson, '[https://scancan.net/eysteinsson_1_26.htm Is Halldr Laxness the Author of 'Fstbrra saga'? On the Author Function, Intertextuality, Translation, and a Modern Writers Relationship with the Icelandic Sagas]', trans. by Julian Mendoza 'Scandinavian-Canadian Stuies/tudes Scandinaves au Canada', 26 (2019), 132-55.
Translations
* 1954. 'Gerpla'. Translated by Ingegerd Nyberg Fries. Stockholm: Litteraturfrmjandet.
* 1958. 'The Happy Warriors'. Translated by Katherine John. London: Methuen.
* 1962. 'Gerpla: Hrdinsk sga'. Translated by Nina Neklanov. Jiskry: Nov beletristick knihovna 37. Prague: Nakladatelstv politick literatury.
* 1977. 'Gerpla: Eine Heldensage'. Translated by Bruno Kress. Berlin: Aufbau.
* 1988. 'Gerpla: Sga o hrdinoch'. Translated by Jaroslav Kaa. Bratislava: Slovensk spisovate.
* 2016. 'Wayward Heroes'. Translated by Phillip Roughton. New York: Archipelago Books.
Further reading
See Alec Shaw, '[https://scancan.net/shaw_1_26.htm The lore of skalds, warrior ideals, and tales of ancient kings: A Bibliography on 'Gerpla']', 'Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/tudes scandinaves au Canada', 26 (2019), 32025, and other articles in the [https://scancan.net/master_vol_26.htm same issue of the journal].
References
Category:1952 novels
Category:Icelandic novels
Category:Novels by Halldr Laxness
Category:Works based on sagas
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