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'Published by Smundur in Selfoss, 2010. ; is the fourth book by the Icelandic writer, politician, and bookseller Bjarni Hararson. It takes its name from the medieval Icelandic romance saga 'Sigurar saga fts'Alaric Hall, Haukur orgeirsson, Patrick Beverley, and others, '[http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/42724/ 'Sigurar saga fts' (The Saga of Sigurr Foot): A Translation]', 'Mirator', 11 (2010), 56-91 (p. 59). and has been seen as an example of medievalism in Icelandic literature arising from the 2008 Icelandic financial crisis.Alaric Hall, ''Fornaldarsgur' and Financial Crisis: Bjarni Bjarnasons 'Mannor'', in 'The Legendary Legacy: Transmission and Reception of the 'Fornaldarsgur Norurlanda'', ed. by Matthew Driscoll, Silvia Hufnagel, Philip Lavender and Beeke Stegmann, The Viking Collection, 24 (Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2018), pp. 351-75 (pp. 354-55, 358-59); . It was published in 2010.

Summary



The novel recounts the dynastic history of one Sigurur ftur, who through a combination of politeness and idiocy finds himself owning the economy of almost the whole nation, and then losing it. In the story, Sigurur's father, Bjarnhinn kaupahinn, is a two-bit alcoholic entrepreneur who by an ostensibly luck-of-the-drunk series of chances comes during the 1970s and 1980s to own a small business founded on a little chain of florists. After a long period of unemployment, Sigurur ftur is brought into his father's business as a partner, whereupon he glances at the books and realises the whole thing is a total financial disasterand is now as much his problem as his father's. So when he gets called in by the bank, he expects the worst, but finds himself instead being convinced to take part in a bit of financial chicanery involving an inflated share purchase by the Nord brothers. Sigurur and his dad find that they are rich, and a series of over-leveraged purchases follows, bringing them, amongst other things, the chairmanship of the , which Bjarnhinn holds and, after Bjarnhinn's death, Sigurur. Ultimately the Icelandic financial crash hits and Sigurur flees Iceland, living the rest of his days in Afghanistan.

Influences



The novel satirises the real-life family histories and biographies of Bjrglfur Thor Bjrglfsson (co-owner of a controlling share in Landsbanki at the time of its collapse in 2008), and to a lesser extent Jn sgeir Jhannesson (co-owner of Glitnir at the time of its collapse).Alaric Hall, '[https://punctumbooks.com/titles/utrasarvikingar-the-literature-of-the-icelandic-financial-crisis-2008-2014/ trsarvkingar! The Literature of the Icelandic Financial Crisis (20082014)]' (Earth, Milky Way: punctum, 2020), , . In doing so, the novel draws prominently on the medieval and the song by the Icelandic singer-songwriter Megas, as well as other medieval Icelandic saga-writing of the sort found in 'Njls saga', 'Grettis saga' and 'Vlsunga saga'.

Reviews



* Helgi Bjarnason. [https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1358205/ "Riddari trsarinnar"] (in Icelandic), 'Morgunblai', 28 November 2010, p. 53.

* Jn . r. [http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6377712 "Ntmariddarasaga"] (in Icelandic), 'DV', 8 December 2010, p. 24.

* Skapti Hallgrmsson. [http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=337093&pageId=5306941&lang=is&q=Sigur%F0ar%20saga%20f%F3ts " ekki a vera harmagrtur"] (in Icelandic), 'Morgunblai', 14 November 2010, p. 41.

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