A haunting, compelling historical novel, The Sea Road is a daring re-telling of the 11th-century Viking exploration of the North Atlantic from the viewpoint of one extraordinary woman. Gudrid lives at the remote edge of the known world, in a starkly beautiful landscape where the sea is the only connection to the shores beyond. It is a world where the old Norse gods are still invoked, even as Christianity gains favour, where the spirits of the dead roam the vast northern ice-fields, tormenting the living, and Viking explorers plunder foreign shores.
Taking the accidental discovery of North America as its focal point, Gudrid's narrative describes a multi-layered voyage into the unknown, all recounted with astonishing immediacy and rich atmospheric detail.
- ISBN10 0857860577
- ISBN13 9780857860576
- Publish Date 2 September 2010 (first published 22 September 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 256
- Language English