Kristin Lavransdatter

Inhergreathistoricalepic"KristinLavransdatter,"setinfourteenth-centuryNorway,NobellaureateSigridUndsettellsthelifestoryofonepassionateandheadstrongwoman.Paintingarichlydetailedbackdrop,Undsetimmersesreadersintheday-to-daylife,socialconventions,andpoliticalandreligiousundercurrentsoftheperiod.Nowinonevolume,TiinaNunnallyasaward-winningdefinitivetranslationbringsthisremarkableworktolifewithclarityandlyricalbeauty.Asayounggirl,Kristinisdeeplydevotedtoherfather,akindandcourageousman.ButwhenasastudentinaconventschoolshemeetsthecharmingandimpetuousErlendNikulaussA,n,shedefiesherparentsinpursuitofherowndesires.HersagacontinuesthroughhermarriagetoErlend,theirtumultuouslifetogetherraisingsevensonsasErlendseekstostrengthenhispoliticalinfluence,andfinallytheirestrangementastheworldaroundthemtumblesintouncertainty.Withitscaptivatingheroineandemotionalpotency,"KristinLavransdatter"isthemasterworkofNorwayasmostbelovedauthoraoneofthetwentiethcenturyasmostprodigiousandengagedliterarymindsaand,inNunnallyasexquisitetranslation,astorythatcontinuestoenthrall.