Fiction Books Thread
The ballads of Marko Kraljevic, especially "Marko's Ploughing" (p. 158). I liked it better in Russian translation (smoother meter), but this one is OK, too.
Why: a long and detailed legend of a lesser mediaeval king, in brutal, brief, and wondrous songs
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