Ragnarok

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RAGNAROK

The End of the Gods

A.S. Byatt

First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Canongate Books Ltd,

14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE

This digital edition first published by Canongate in 2011

Copyright © A.S. Byatt, 2011

The moral right of the author has been asserted

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Table of Contents

Cover

Also by A.S. Byatt

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

A Note On Names

A Thin Child In Wartime

The End Of The World

Yggdrasil: The World-Ash

Randrasill

Homo Homini Deus Est

Asgard

Homo Homini Lupus Est

Jormungandr

Thor Fishing