Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter " Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante." --SlateThe turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway's literary masterIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter,…
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Kristin Lavransdatter
" Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante." --SlateThe turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway's literary masterIn 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. 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. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period.
But when as a student in a convent school she meets the charming and impetuous Erlend Nikulausson, she defies her parents in pursuit of her own desires. Her