Ormur Reyði

Søgan um Orm Reyða gandar fram aftur víkingaheimin, sum hann var í 10.øld. Bókin verður mett at vera ein tann besta søguliga skaldsøga, sum nakrantíð er skrivað.

Ormur er hetjan í søguni, og honum fylgja vit frá tí, at hann sum óroyndur ungur maður fer út í heim, til hann er aldrandi maður við nógvum lívsroyndum í slóðini.

Og tær spenna víða. Hann verður tikin trælur og giftist inn í kongsætt. Leiðin eftir mæti og ríkidømi ber hann til Onglands, til maurarnar í Spania, til Garðaríkis, og hann heldur fram oman eftir áunum suður til Miklagarðs. Í sjóroki og á tiljum, sum skvagga í sveitum, fáa vit søgur um Harald Blátonn, jómsvíkingar, harðliga stríðið at kristna norðmenn og mangt, mangt annað.

Bengtsson er frásøgumaður av teimum allarbestu, og bókin hevur fingið treytaleyst góð ummæli allastaðni. Her eru eingir keðiligir partar at leypa um, og Bengtsson er so smittandi stuttligur, at umframt tær góðu frásagnirnar, situr tú sum lesari í skellilátri.
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The story of the The Red Worm awakens the Wiking world just as it was in the tenth century. The book is estimated to be the best historical novel ever written.

The hero of the story is Orm. We follow him from the time he starts his journey as a young man until he is an old man, full of experiences.

Experiences which are far reaching. Through be book he is enslaved as well as getting married into a royal line. The journey for might and wealth takes him to England, to the Moors of Spain, to the Kievan Rus and continues along the rivers to Constantinopel. In high seas as well as on floorboards splashing on calm waters we hear stories of Harald Bluetooth, of the Jomsvikings, of the fierce struggle to Christianize the Northmen and many, many other things.

Bengtsson is a highly skilled narrator and the book has cosistently received excellent reviews. There are no boring bits to skip and the author is so contagiously funny that in adittion to receiving some great storytelling the reader finds himself laughing loudly at times.