Sigrid Undset
Paperback | Pages: 1144 pages Rating: 4.28 | 8507 Users | 1127 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Kristin Lavransdatter |
| ISBN: | 0143039164 (ISBN13: 9780143039167) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3 |
| Characters: | Kristin Lavransdattar |
| Setting: | Norway |
| Literary Awards: | PEN Translation Prize for Tiina Nunnally (2001) |
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In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period. Now in one volume, Tiina Nunnally's award-winning definitive translation brings this remarkable work to life with clarity and lyrical beauty.As a young girl, Kristin is deeply devoted to her father, a kind and courageous man. But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulaussøn, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Her saga continues through her marriage to Erlend, their tumultuous life together raising seven sons as Erlend seeks to strengthen his political influence, and finally their estrangement as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty.
With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, Kristin Lavransdatter is the masterwork of Norway's most beloved author, one of the twentieth century's most prodigious and engaged literary minds and, in Nunnally's exquisite translation, a story that continues to enthrall.
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| Title | : | Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3) |
| Author | : | Sigrid Undset |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1144 pages |
| Published | : | September 27th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published 1920) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Classics. European Literature. Scandinavian Literature |
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Ratings: 4.28 From 8507 Users | 1127 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books Kristin Lavransdatter (Kristin Lavransdatter #1-3)
Originally published in three volumes, this trilogy chronicles an early 14th century Norwegian woman, mistress of a substantial estate, from childhood through her death half a century later. Undset is a Nobel Prize in Literature winner, so it is not surprising that her prose is solid, although not particularly poetic. What I really enjoyed about this novel was the opportunity to be immersed in a time whose daily cultural details I know little about. This was published nearly a century ago, so IA historical epic divided in three installments The Wreath, The Wife and The Cross that unfolds the life of Kristin Lavrandsatter, a woman of noble ancestry in Medieval Norway, from birth to death. Undset paints a faithful portrayal of an era marked by turbulent dynastic wars and the latent paganism ingrained in the Christian values of a very rigid society, representative of its time. The three novels probe deep into the human, moral and religious conflicts that befall on the protagonist and
The epic of all re-readable epics, Kristin Lavransdatter is a three book series that must be read through to the end, for it is one story covering the whole life of the protagonist.It is set in Norway in the 14th Century, a time and place where faith was intricately interwoven with life, and when land and family, inheritance and name were the full extent of one's identity - Lavransdatter means daughter of Lavrans.Yet it is also a familiar and human story about the love and enmity between people,
Wow. I will be mourning over finishing this book, for a very long time I think. Giving it a 5 star rating seems so inadequate. This book has shot straight to the top of my list of all time favorite novels. I have so many thoughts about this masterpiece. I don't have the time right now to put my thoughts in an orderly fashion - so here they are VERY randomly and I know that it won't do this novel justice, but here they are nevertheless: * The single most exquisite work on the topic of
Seven reasons why I really, really want to love Kristin Lavransdatter1) I have long-standing crushes on both Scandinavia and ye olden days, and this book is a free trip straight to the heart of 14th-century Norway. Undset's portrayal of the life of one woman, from childhood until death, is fascinatingly intertwined with the tensions between the Catholic present and pagan traditions in medieval Norway. And her writing so evocative. You can just smell the cook-fire smoke in the wooden rooms, see
Well, well, well, Miss Undset has made it onto my 10-star list. She should be proud. She also won a Nobel Prize for her work, so there is that. Her Kristin Lavransdatter books are unquestionably works of massive scope on par with JRR Tolkien's Lord Of the Rings. A strange comparison, you say? Well I agree with you. The only thing that comes to mind immediately is the length of the two. But there is so much more. Where LOTR was preparation for battle with Sauron's forces, Kristin Lavransdatter
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