Laxdaela Saga

Résumé du livre

Laxdaela saga was written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breioafjorour area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Guorun Osvifrsdottir, Kjartan Olafsson and Bollii Porleiksson. Kjartan and Bolli grow up together as close friends but the love they both have for Guorun causes enmity between them and, in the end, their deaths. As is the case with the other Icelanders' sagas, the author of Laxdaela saga is unknown. Since the saga has often been regarded as an unusually feminine saga, it has been speculated that it was composed by a woman. Internal evidence shows that the saga must have been composed sometime in the period 1230-1260.