The Downfall Of The Gods

The Downfall Of The Gods

Villy Sørensen

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April 1, 1989
Original title
Ragnarok, en gudefortælling

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In the Eddas, ragnarok, or the downfall of the gods, is the end of the world, a time of wolves, serpents, fire, earthquake, and colossal war. Villy Sorensen has rewritten the mythology of an ancient Nordic world from the perspective of our century, highlighting the personalities and symbolization of the Norse gods to reflect our own crisis of value and belief.

Novel was originally published as RAGNAROK in 1982 in Denmark.

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Villy Sørensen

Villy Sorensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 2001) was a Danish short-story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophical ideas, and he has been compared to Franz Kafka in this regard. He is the most influential and important Danish…

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