ARGONAUT BOOKS

Many of the legends assembled in Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People blend the otherworldly with the everyday . . . Dagrún provides helpful context for these charming stories, which deserve a readership far beyond those murky Icelandic farms.TLS - Pablo SchefferOne of the book's great strengths is the effort Dagrún has made to contextualise the tales within Icelandic social history . . . These are vividly told, sometimes brutal, sometimes hilarious tales which offer a wonderfully representative and engrossing conspectus of the long Icelandic past.Carolyne Larrington, Fortean TimesThe line bet...Read More