Bloodhoof

By Gerður Kristný

Bloodhoof is the re-casting into compulsively spare modern verse of an ancient Eddic poem - but this only begins to hint at its attractions. It is a minimalist epic telling of the abduction of Gerdur Gymisdottir from the land of giants to the court of Freyr of the 'wolf-grey eyes', and the subsequent events culminating in the birth of her son and her hopes of being saved by her own kin. It is full of iron-hard rocks and ice, serpents in the breast gnawing at the harness of hope, but also wide-reaching fields of corn whispering in the breeze and a throne carved with beasts and dragons-heads. You could read the whole book in perhaps half an hour but it will take many months or years to begin to clear the ghosts and long-dead heroes from your mind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908376104
• ISBN13: 9781908376107
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: ARC Publications
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"