Audun and the Polar Bear: Luck, Law, and Largesse in a Medieval Tale of Risky Business

by William Ian Miller

Audun's Story is the tale of an Icelandic farmhand who buys a polar bear in Greenland for no other reason than to give it to the Danish king, half a world away. It can justly be listed among the finest pieces of short fiction in world literature. Terse in the best saga style, it spins a story of complex competitive social action, revealing the cool wit and finely-calibrated reticence of its three main characters: Audun, Harald Hardradi, and King Svein...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004168117
• ISBN13: 9789004168114
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.6"