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Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Sigrid Undset
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Description for Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Paperback.
'[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante' -Slate
The Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece by Norway's literary master
Kristin Lavransdatter is the epic story of one woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway, from childhood to death. Sensitive and rebellious Kristin is sent to a convent as a girl, where she meets the charming but irresponsible Erlend. Defying her parents' wishes to pursue her own desires, she marries and raises seven sons. However, her husband's political ambitions threaten catastrophe for the family, and the couple become increasingly estranged as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty.
With its captivating heroine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1168
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143039167
SKU
9780143039167
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset (Author) Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) was a Norwegian-Danish novelist and the winner of the 1928 Nobel Prize for Literature. Her best-known work, the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, is considered to be one of the great achievements of twentieth-century European literature. Tiina Nunnally (Translator) Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator (from Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) and ... Read more
Reviews for Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante . . . If HBO is looking for its next miniseries, it should give Kristin Lavransdatter the proper adaptation it deserves. This trilogy includes illicit sex, affairs, a church fire, an attempted rape, ocean voyages, rebellious virgins cooped up in a convent, predatory priests, an attempted human sacrifice, floods, fights, murders, violent ... Read more