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Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics) (Updated Edition) by Svanhildur (Editor/Introduction) Oskarsdottir, Bernard Scudder (Translator), Leifur Eiriksson, Ornulfur Thorsson (Editor), Snorri Sturluson Anonymous, Leifer Eiricksson, Eiricksson Leifur, Svanhildur Oskarsdottir Anonymous Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-14-044770-9 / 0140447709 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044770-5 / 9780140447705 Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progres |