Books by GUNNAR GUNNARSSON
(Iceland)
GUEST THE ONE-EYED
Crown 8vo Cloth 8s. 6d. net
“A romance of intense interest ... there are some chapters so amazingly and arrestively fine that they stand out as absolutely masterly.”—Evening News.
“Grandeur and dignity ... the spirit of romance ... a noble as well as a notable book.”—Aberdeen Free Press.
“Iceland, as a modern wonderland of mystery and romance, has never been more attractively presented than in this beautiful work.”
Glasgow Herald.
“Full of dramatic force.”—Weekly Dispatch.
“One of the finest romances we have had for some time.”
Newcastle Chronicle.
“Simply told, with a nobility of conception and a clarity of expression that are beyond praise.”—Irish Times.
THE SWORN BROTHERS
Crown 8vo Cloth 7s. net
“He writes as one who inherits the old tradition of Viking exploits, love and blood feuds, and the conflicts between the followers of Odin and of Christ.”—Times Literary Supplement.
“The descriptions of ancient Norway are marked by real poetic feeling, which even the translation into another tongue does not seem to mar, and the story of the young men’s marauding expeditions on the coasts of Britain has the thrill of real romance.”—Aberdeen Free Press.
“A charming story, full of romance.... A well-written book, which young and old will read with interest.”—Midland Counties Express.
“The success of this Scandinavian author’s evocation of a social order strangely remote from our own is remarkable.”
Westminster Gazette.
“A fine, strong, virile story of the north, full of colour and life ... should be a classic of its kind in this country before many months have gone.”—Court Journal.
THE SONG OF
THE BLOOD-RED FLOWER
By JOHANNES LINNANKOSKI (Finnish)
Translated by W. WORSTER, M.A.
Crown 8vo 7s. net
“The full-blooded passion of virile youth.... The author shows his skill and the strength of his abrupt yet lyrical style by the cleverness with which he creates interest and some admiration in the libertine.... This notable book.”—Liverpool Courier.
“A piece of wonderful prose.”—Evening News.
“A great Scandinavian story.”—Public Opinion.
“Uncommonly fresh and powerful.”—Scotsman.
“The dramatic scenes and episodes glow with vigorous beauty.”
Glasgow Herald.
“Clothed in an atmosphere of graceful phantasy, and told with delicate charm ... has no Rabelaisian flavouring about it.”—Evening Standard.
“This is a book of much beauty. Never, in its most intimate passages, does it overstep the borders of delicacy. There is nothing to raise a nasty taste in one’s mouth.... The tale is told with real beauty and poetic feeling, and the translation is a triumph.”
Badminton Magazine.