Ragnarok

the end of the gods

177 pages

English language

Published July 21, 2011 by Canongate.

ISBN:
978-1-84767-064-9
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OCLC Number:
751806600

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4 stars (2 reviews)

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Review of 'Ragnarok' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

This little book is a beautiful little sweep straight through the center of the most prominent Nordic myths, as interpreted by Byatt's child-self. The analogies to WWII England and the Nazis and climate change and the determination of a child to give up naïveté and innocence are there, but subtle. It's a book whose levels can be picked apart and appreciated separately, and to which I feel a strong connection. I didn't live through a wartime evacuation, but I did live through a difficult childhood by burying myself within the heavy pages of books and myths. I can relate.

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Subjects

  • Norse Mythology
  • Norse Gods
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • End of the world
  • Evacuation of civilians
  • Fiction

Places

  • England