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Author: Halldor Laxness Publisher: Archipelago ISBN: 0914671103 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 456
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“Drawing on historical events, including King Olaf’s reign in Norway and the burning of Chartres Cathedral, Laxness revises and renews the bloody sagas of Icelandic tradition, producing not just a spectacular historical novel but one of coal-dark humor and psychological depth.” – Publishers Weekly First published in 1952, Halldór Laxness’s Wayward Heroes offers an unlikely representation of modern literature. A reworking of medieval Icelandic sagas, the novel is set against the backdrop of the medieval Norse world. Laxness satirizes the spirit of sagas, criticizing the global militarism and belligerent national posturing rampant in the postwar buildup to the Cold War. He does that through the novel’s main characters, the sworn brothers Þormóður Bessason and Þorgeir Hávarsson, warriors who blindly pursue ideals that lead to the imposition of power through violent means. The two see the world around them only through a veil of heroic illusion: kings are fit either to be praised in poetry or toppled from their thrones, other men only to kill or be killed, women only to be mythic fantasies. Replete with irony, absurdity, and pathos, the novel more than anything takes on the character of tragedy, as the sworn brothers’ quest to live out their ideals inevitably leaves them empty-handed and ruined.
Author: Halldor Laxness Publisher: Archipelago ISBN: 0914671103 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 456
Book Description
“Drawing on historical events, including King Olaf’s reign in Norway and the burning of Chartres Cathedral, Laxness revises and renews the bloody sagas of Icelandic tradition, producing not just a spectacular historical novel but one of coal-dark humor and psychological depth.” – Publishers Weekly First published in 1952, Halldór Laxness’s Wayward Heroes offers an unlikely representation of modern literature. A reworking of medieval Icelandic sagas, the novel is set against the backdrop of the medieval Norse world. Laxness satirizes the spirit of sagas, criticizing the global militarism and belligerent national posturing rampant in the postwar buildup to the Cold War. He does that through the novel’s main characters, the sworn brothers Þormóður Bessason and Þorgeir Hávarsson, warriors who blindly pursue ideals that lead to the imposition of power through violent means. The two see the world around them only through a veil of heroic illusion: kings are fit either to be praised in poetry or toppled from their thrones, other men only to kill or be killed, women only to be mythic fantasies. Replete with irony, absurdity, and pathos, the novel more than anything takes on the character of tragedy, as the sworn brothers’ quest to live out their ideals inevitably leaves them empty-handed and ruined.
Author: Chuck Wendig Publisher: Del Rey ISBN: 0593158784 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1036
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“If King had written a sequel to The Stand, it might look something like this monumental epic of a story.”—James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of Bones “As great as Wanderers was, Wayward is better.”—Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Road of Bones Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. They were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them. Their secret destination: Ouray, a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization. Because the sleepwalking epidemic was only the first in a chain of events that led to the end of the world—and the birth of a new one. The survivors, sleepwalkers and shepherds alike, have a dream of rebuilding human society. Among them are Benji, the scientist struggling through grief to lead the town; Marcy, the former police officer who wants only to look after the people she loves; and Shana, the teenage girl who became the first shepherd—and an unlikely hero whose courage will be needed again. Because the people of Ouray are not the only survivors, and the world they are building is fragile. The forces of cruelty and brutality are amassing under the leadership of self-proclaimed president Ed Creel. And in the very heart of Ouray, the most powerful survivor of all is plotting its own vision for the new world: Black Swan, the A.I. who imagined the apocalypse. Against these threats, Benji, Marcy, Shana, and the rest have only one hope: one another. Because the only way to survive the end of the world is together.
Author: Joseph J. Darowski Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476618496 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 203
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Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns. One of Marvel Comic's most popular franchises for five decades, the Avengers have always been reflective of their times, having adapted to an evolving readership to remain relevant. This collection of fresh essays by popular culture scholars examines Avengers story lines such as the Korvac Saga, Civil War, and Secret Invasion, and scrutinizes key characters including the Black Panther and Hank Pym. Essays explore how real-world events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the end of the Cold War, and 9/11 influenced popular entertainment in America.
Author: Jeff Lemire Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues) ISBN: Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 38
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A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the world of the Eisner Award--winning series Black Hammer! This special one-shot offers a guide to the world of Black Hammer, presenting detailed biographies of Black Hammer's heroes, villains, and supporting characters, written by Tate Brombal and Jeff Lemire, and illustrated by a wide assortment of superstar artists, including David Rubin, Wilfredo Torres, Tyler Crook, Christian Ward, and more! An all-star team takes on Eisner Award-winning series, Black Hammer.
Author: Brian Posehn Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 1302513060 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 457
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Collects Death Of Wolverine: Deadpool & Captain America, Deadpool (2012) #35-45 And Mrs. Deadpool And The Howling Commandos #1-4. The end of an era for the Merc with the Mouth! And it begins with Wade Wilson getting his Axis handed to him, as he gives up violence and finds peace as Zenpool! But what good will that do him when the inverted X-Men wreak havoc? Then, the good folks at Roxxon bring you a special educational story about gamma fracking! The late Logan is mourned! Deadpool takes on Omega Red, goes tomb raiding with Shiklah and faces every last vengeance-seeking terrorist of Ultimatum! Learn what Wade was up to while wielding the Infinity Gauntlet! And as the last days of the Marvel Universe draw near, it’s finally time for Deadpool to die…but what fate awaits his widow Shiklah on Battleworld?
Author: Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 1302516140 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 315
Author: Nicole Sherwood Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1662417063 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 369
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Prince Catair, the youngest son of the king of the elves, finds himself sent on a mission to destroy an ancient evil necklace discovered to be in his possession. The mission goes wrong from the start. The group made up of Prince Catair’s best friend, William Starling; fiancée, Annalee; and new and old friends faced monsters, weather, and evil sorcerers. Tragedy strikes on Prince Catair’s soul when he and Annalee are washed overboard into an unforgiving sea. Separated from any help, Annalee falls victim to the evil ancient necklace. Now Prince Catair must race against time to save Annalee and all the kingdoms, when an ancient dragon warrior and his queen rain destruction throughout all the kingdoms, razing cities, towns, and villages to the ground with fire and rage. As Prince Catair fights his way against magic and time, another unseen enemy moves in the background to bring down and destroy all that Prince Catair holds dear and is trying so hard to save.
Author: Various Publisher: Dark Horse Comics ISBN: 163008770X Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 107
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Collecting the "Pellucidar" and "At the Earth's Core" comic stories that originally appeared in DC Comics' Weird Worlds, this volume takes readers along for the journey as explorers descend to the land of Pellucidar, located at the center of the earth. In a story originally conceived of by Edgar Rice Burroughs, our explorers find a land inhabited by prehistoric reptiles, strange creatures, and beings enacting dark rituals. But most importantly, they discover the beautiful Dian, Queen of Pellucidar, who captures their hearts and leads them on a wild adventure to aid her and win her trust.
Author: Odai Johnson Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472131060 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 359
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Much of the theater of antiquity is marked by erasures: missing origins, broken genres, fragments of plays, ruins of architecture, absented gods, remains of older practices imperfectly buried and ghosting through the civic productions that replaced them. Ruins: Classical Theater and Broken Memory traces the remains, the remembering, and the forgetting of performance traditions of classical theater. The book argues that it is only when we look back over the accumulation of small evidence over a thousand-year sweep of classical theater that the remarkable and unequaled endurance of the tradition emerges. In the absence of more evidence, Odai Johnson turns instead to the absence itself, pressing its most legible gaps into a narrative about scars, vanishings, erasures, and silence: all the breakages that constitute the ruins of antiquity. In ten wide-ranging case studies, theater history and performance theory are brought together to examine the texts, artifacts, and icons left behind, reading them in fresh ways to offer an elegantly written, extended meditation on “how the aesthetic of ruins offered a model for an ideal that dislodged and ultimately stood in for the historic.”
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