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Highlights
- After 800 years, the final installment of The Edda Trilogy has at long last arrived!
- Author(s): Rowdy Geirsson
- 254 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy
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Book Synopsis
After 800 years, the final installment of The Edda Trilogy has at long last arrived!
Picking up where its medieval forebears, The Poetic Edda and The Prose Edda, left off, The Impudent Edda not only introduces readers to a fresh, new perspective on both familiar and previously unknown narratives of Norse mythology, but also brings the world's foremost epic fantasy trilogy to its inevitable and fateful conclusion: in a dank alleyway behind a dive bar in Boston.
This special Puffin Carcass Deluxe Edition presents the complete text of The Impudent Edda in English for the first time ever. Masterfully translated from the original Bostonian by esteemed Impudent Eddic scholar, Rowdy Geirsson, this volume offers readers a deeply poetic yet highly accessible version of fun and classic tales ranging from Odin's unprovoked murder of an ancient witch to Freyja's voluntary experiment as a prostitute among lecherous dwarves to Thor's drunken and petty act of larceny on the eve of Ragnarok, the final world-shattering battle of the gods.
"Start with a deeply layered set of myths. Invite the best storyteller you know in the greater Boston area. Add alcohol (even more than the myths already contain), and you get The Impudent Edda. Geirsson combines deep knowledge of Norse mythology and a skeptical irreverence for its norms (and norns), building a world of Chevy-driving, street-brawling, and bar-crawling Massachus-Æsir that remains delightfully familiar to fans of the vikings and their tales." -John Sexton, Professor of English at Bridgewater State University and co-host of the Saga Thing podcast
"The text throughout is caustic, demotic and profanity-laden, as though our narrator isn't some hoary-bearded viking bard sitting by the fireside but a modern guy shooting the breeze with buddies over a beer. The result is a smart, lovingly rendered blend of academia and pastiche." -Financial Times
Review Quotes
"You don't have to be a Bostonian to find The Impudent Edda hilarious, and even if you know a lot about Old Norse mythology, you'll find its unique take both thought-provoking and insightful. The Norse gods as you've never seen them before!"
-Carolyne Larrington, translator of The Poetic Edda and author of The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think"The Impudent Edda gives us valuable insight into Norse mythology from the mind of a Bostonian drunkard...everything you need to know about Odin's obsession with dick pics, Thor's flamethrower, and Frey's gay bar experience-what's not to like!?"
-Tommy Kuusela, editor of Folk Belief and Traditions of the Supernatural and co-host of the När man talar om trollen podcast"Hilarious, ridiculous, deadpan, replete with extensive footnotes and photographs of New England locations where this stuff went down, The Impudent Edda is the weirdest version of Norse mythology you'll ever read. But what's weirdest of all is the fact that it's genuinely educational, and proof that a flight of fancy can be meticulously researched. A foul-mouthed joy."
-Tony Williams, author of Nutcase and Cole the Magnificent"Of all the Eddas this one is my favorite, right after Van Halen."
-Chris Monks, editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency"A raunchy retelling of myths from the viking world, set on a collision course with Boston lore and legend. Pissah!"
-Ethan Gilsdorf, author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms"An artistic masterpiece that reveals the deep lore of Vinland's misty shores. The primal drone of ancient wisdom from the realm where Buliwyf fought the Wendol, Leif Eriksson erected the Newport Tower, and a band of Norwegians and Goths carved the Kensington Runestone reverberates through these stories."
-Mathias Nordvig, author of Norse Mythology for Kids, translator of Völuspá - The Vision of the Witch, and host of The Sacred Flame podcast"You've heard of two renowned Eddas, The Prose Edda and The Poetic Edda, but have you heard of The Impudent Edda? What? You have not heard of the Edda found in the deepest, darkest depths of a seedy alleyway in Boston? Blasphemy! This is a comical take on Norse mythology and unlike anything I've read in relation to mythology in general."
-Cassidee Lanstra, FanFiAddict