Synopsis:
Kristin Lavransdatter is a girl in 14th Century Norway, betrothed to one man but desperately in love with another.
Review:
Written in 1927, this book is the first in a trilogy, and the author was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. I was captivated by Kristin’s story, from the portrait of medieval life to Kristin’s strength and weakness, to the vivid supporting characters and parade of human emotion. I felt so close to Kristin, so in touch with everything that was happening to her, that I found myself gasping over the things that happened to her, and the choices she made. There was a strong spiritual thread running through the story that didn’t shy away from the darker emotions that humans experience, and presented as truthful a picture of virtue and sin as I’ve ever seen.
Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
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1 Wesley Dumont // Nov 17, 2006 at 8:09 pm
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2 Translator Tiina Nunnally on Kristin Lavransdatter | reading is my superpower // Mar 16, 2007 at 3:42 pm
[...] and they’re currently reading the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy by Sigrid Unset. I read the first one last fall, and am looking forward to books 2 and [...]
3 13 Opening Lines–How Many Can You Guess? // Oct 27, 2007 at 8:56 pm
[...] Poodlerat takes it, identifying this from Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset, translated by Tiina [...]
4 Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk // Nov 2, 2007 at 4:22 pm
[...] books like I Am Charlotte Simmons and the first volume of Sigrid Undset’s Nobel prize-winning Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. The beseiged virgin has an elemental draw, and in Marjorie Wouk has created a fascinating [...]
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