The Long Ships
Written by Frans G. Bengtsson
Translated by Michael Meyer
Introduction by Michael Chabon
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: July 6, 2010
Price: $17.95
Frans Gunnar Bengtsson’s
The Long Ships resurrects the fantastic world of the tenth century AD when the Vikings roamed and rampaged from the northern fastnesses of Scandinavia down to the Mediterranean. Bengtsson’s hero, Red Orm–canny, courageous, and above all lucky–is only a boy when he is abducted from his Danish home...
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