Eaters of the Dead

mass market paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published by Avon.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-089156-5

(1 review)

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.

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4 stars

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.

Subjects

fl. 922
Ibn Fadlan, Ahmad
Crichton, Michael - Prose & Criticism
Fiction
Fiction - General
General
Ibn FaÃ²dlÃ¥an, AÃ²hmad,
Fiction / General
Adaptations
Beowulf
Ibn Faòdlåan, Aòhmad,