The Thrall's Tale
Registered by NancyNova of Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on 12/17/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
from Dan at Work
Fabulous book that took the author 10 years to research before writing. It follows primarily three women in the settlement of the Norse in Greenland: a slave (thrall) Katla, who is raped and brutalized, Thorbjorg, the seeress in the old religious ways, who takes Katla into her household and heals her wounds, but not her heart, and Katla's daughter of the rape: Bibrau - who Thorbjorg treats as a foster daughter since Katla hates the sight of her - but instead of learning just the healing ways, she has her father's evil blood in her and turns things to hate and destruction. Fascinating time with the limited colonization of the Norse in Greenland in 1000 AD, and the impact of Christianity on their household stability.
A Wishlist book. Enjoy!
I love wishlist books! Thank you!
Sad to say, I can't seem to get into this book. I will look for a new home for it.
Sending as a RABCK to Moriquen. Enjoy!
Hurray, how lovely to find this book on my doorstep today! I'm stuck at home sick and this rabck has definately brightened my day considerably. (Downside being that brightness makes my eyes tear up ...) ;-)
Thanks for sending it my way, lauraloo. It is going on my Mount TBR for now, but I'll get to it eventually and let it travel forward.
Thanks for sending it my way, lauraloo. It is going on my Mount TBR for now, but I'll get to it eventually and let it travel forward.
Allright, this book is something completely different. And although I really liked it, it is anything but an easy book to read.
The truth is that this book is difficult to read mainly because of the language, I think. The author chose to use very archaïc language and she follows someone's train of thought for quite a while, which can be quite tiring to read.
That being said I was so happy to read a book with such detail and historic 'colour' that, for once, didn't focus on the brutality of the Viking battles, but the simple brutality of every day life on Greenland and Iceland, that I really loved it. A tale about the small people working and toiling just to stay alive, barely understanding the world around them. You can just feel the amount of work that has gone into investigating the time and culture. And as a history lover with a weak spot for the Norse, this is quite enthralling.
The characters themselves are difficult as well. Not easy people to love. The Seeress is perhaps the most loveable person in the book. Katla is a tricky character and although so much hardship befalls her, it is sometimes still difficult to even like her. And Bibrau, well ... no.
As I said, not an easy book. Well worth the trouble, but troublesome it will be.
Thanks for sending it my way, lauraloo29. It will tmake sure it travels on!
The truth is that this book is difficult to read mainly because of the language, I think. The author chose to use very archaïc language and she follows someone's train of thought for quite a while, which can be quite tiring to read.
That being said I was so happy to read a book with such detail and historic 'colour' that, for once, didn't focus on the brutality of the Viking battles, but the simple brutality of every day life on Greenland and Iceland, that I really loved it. A tale about the small people working and toiling just to stay alive, barely understanding the world around them. You can just feel the amount of work that has gone into investigating the time and culture. And as a history lover with a weak spot for the Norse, this is quite enthralling.
The characters themselves are difficult as well. Not easy people to love. The Seeress is perhaps the most loveable person in the book. Katla is a tricky character and although so much hardship befalls her, it is sometimes still difficult to even like her. And Bibrau, well ... no.
As I said, not an easy book. Well worth the trouble, but troublesome it will be.
Thanks for sending it my way, lauraloo29. It will tmake sure it travels on!
Journal Entry 9 by Moriquen at Rue de la Tour des Mottes in Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long, Haute-Normandie France on Saturday, January 22, 2022
Released 2 yrs ago (2/25/2022 UTC) at Rue de la Tour des Mottes in Anglesqueville-la-Bras-Long, Haute-Normandie France
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In het nieuwe (huur)huisje van een vriendin. Veel leesplezier.
Dans la nouveau maison a louer d'une amie. Bonne lecture!
In the new rental house of a good friend. Happy travels little books!
Hallo daar, gelukkige vinder!
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