{"product_id":"the-song-weigher-egill-skallagrmsson-9781910345917","title":"The Song Weigher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEgill Skallagr匇sson \u003c\/b\u003ewas the most original, imaginative and technically brilliant of the Old Norse skalds, poets whose orally composed and performed verses were as much revered in ninth- to thirteenth-century Scandinavia as heroism in battle. Egill's saga details his life-story as well as those of his immediate predecessors, from whom he inherited his massive build, his early baldness (Skalla in his name means 'bald') and his exceptional ugliness. An arch enemy of Er勛r Bloox, he was a notoriously difficult man and, as many of the poems demonstrate, was lethal when crossed. But he also made poems which show he was capable of concern for others, as well as romantic love. Physical, direct, inventive, even transformative, Egill's poetry conjures up a territory far beyond the normal scope of language, something that only the finest poets achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Egill Skallagr匇sson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910345911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910345917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ARC Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d","brand":"Egill Skallagr匇sson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994407338239,"sku":"9781910345917","price":14.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a96c4d24-61b3-451d-90d6-05525272c6ed.jpg?v=1683329967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-song-weigher-egill-skallagrmsson-9781910345917","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}