Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by AS Byatt – review

AS Byatt's contribution to Canongate's series on myths and legends takes the Norse apocalypse Ragnarok and triumphantly forges it anewStories begin when characters set out on their travels and end when they arrive at a destination or return wearily home, but what matters to the storyteller is the middle of the journey with its middle-aged complexities – divided loyalties, tormenting decisions about which way to turn. Myths are simpler, starker and more abrupt. They ignore the median region and...

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