Le treizième guerrier

Paperback, 216 pages

French language

Published Nov. 7, 1999 by Robert Laffont.

ISBN:
978-2-221-08848-7
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OCLC Number:
49182228

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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim Arab who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement.

Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources. The first three chapters are a retelling of Ahmad ibn Fadlan's personal account of his actual journey north and his experiences with and observations of Varangians. The remainder is a retelling of Beowulf.

Also contained in:

  • [Congo / Sphere / Eaters of the Dead][2]

[1]: www.michaelcrichton.com/eaters-of-the-dead/ [2]: openlibrary.org/works/OL14950504W/Congo_Sphere_Eaters_of_the_Dead

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 It's pretty cool. I kinda wish I hadn't given up on it when I was a kid, I think I would have really gotten into it, even if I didn't realize it was a retelling of Beowulf. And it's impressive that it doesn't feel like it's written by Crichton. 

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Muy interesante el uso aquí de hacer pasar la obra por un estudio de un manuscrito y otras fuentes antiguas, incluyendo pies de páginas con discusiones del tema que aportan muchos datos culturales e históricos. La historia es sumamente original, pero quizás la historia es muy detallada en el comienzo y el final está narrado mucho más rápido, me hubiera gustado profundizar más en los wendol o el conflicto.

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