does /lit/ recommend any icelandic literature? is laxness or

Brennu-Njáls Saga is okay

>>8845343
"Trymskvida" by Snorre Stulrason is pretty good desu. The story of Balder's death is also quite good.

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>>8845343
Im almost done with Independent People now. Amazing book - characters, tone, and descriptions of the landscape all fusing together to make the ultimate comfy experience. I wish it was more widely known in America, desu.

Read the first chapter sitting on a rock near Reykjavik. Transformative.

>>8845404
Started Independent People a while back but got bored after the second chapter. When does it start to pick up?

>>8845420
Yeah, I actually hit the same wall you did. The first chapter completely blew me away and then I sort of put it down for a while. I'm glad I picked it up, though.

Once you get past the wedding and the shepherd's meetings things pick up.

>>8845343
I picked up Laxness while I had a layover in Keflavik airport and I was pleasantly surprised. Definitely worth getting into

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>>8845458
>shepherd's meetings
sounds comfy

>>8845343
>laxness.jpg
More like relaxness.jpg to be desu.

>>8845458
>shepherd's meetings
Fucking bureaucracy, it taints everything nowadays. What's next, shepherds' team building? Shepherds' hostile takeovers? (inb4 the Iliad)

>>8845343
This just got (re)released in English, with what I assume is a new translation. It is Laxness' imitation and version of the old sagas. I haven't gotten to it yet so I have nothing more to say.
https://archipelagobooks.org/book/wayward-heroes/