Episode 5a - Gisli’s Saga




Saga Thing show

Summary: <div> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">The tragic story of the outlaw Gisli Sursson, whose profound <br> sense of honor forces him into violent action.  <br> Whereas most Icelanders who receive the penalty of outlawry flee the <br> land and seek their fortune abroad, Gisli refuses to leave his wife, Aud, <br> behind to fend for herself.  Unfailingly <br> devoted to his wife, Gisli slips through the fingers of the bounty hunters Bork <br> the Stout, Eyolf, and Helgi the Spy time and time again.  Join us as we review one of Icelandic <br> literature's most endearing and heroic characters as we call Gisli's Saga to <br> the Thing.</span><img width="1" height="1" alt="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=sagthipod-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0140447725" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><p></p></p></div><div> <div><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5121yElzJPL._SY344_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" style="font-size: 10pt;"></div> <div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140447725/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0140447725&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sagthipod-20" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">Gisli Sursson's Saga and The Saga of the People of Eyri (Penguin Classics)</a></div> </div><p></p><p></p>