Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
by Sigrid Undset
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Read in July, 2008
I've been following and scrutinizing the life of Kristin Lavarnsdatter and the people that surrounded her for more than a month now. Certainly an epic story, multiple plots intertwined filled with love, death, birth, scandal, betrayal, politics, confusion, sin and more sin. i enjoyed getting wrapped up in the mid-evil culture and Nordic life style with all the poetic descriptions of the geography, homesteads, and celebrations. And the church with all of it's flaws and beauties was there within...more
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Read in May, 2007
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As her seven sons grow to manhood in 13th Century Norway, Kristin finds her marriage tested by long-simmering resentments, and struggles with her passage into senescence.
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This might be my favorite of all three Kristin Lavransdatter books, because I think Undset is operating at the peak of her narrative powers. She really brings to life a time in Kristin’s life that isn’t as readily appealing as Kristin’s passage into womanhood, and the novelty of Kristin and Erlendâ€...more
As her seven sons grow to manhood in 13th Century Norway, Kristin finds her marriage tested by long-simmering resentments, and struggles with her passage into senescence.
Review:
This might be my favorite of all three Kristin Lavransdatter books, because I think Undset is operating at the peak of her narrative powers. She really brings to life a time in Kristin’s life that isn’t as readily appealing as Kristin’s passage into womanhood, and the novelty of Kristin and Erlendâ€...more
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Read in May, 2008
This book may have been the strongest of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. As Kristin ages, she gains new perspectives on her relationship with her husband and family (still tumultuous) and moves further into the faith that has sustained her. I was surprised at how good this was.
By the way, not a good idea to wait too long between books for those of us who have difficulty remembering extensive family trees (with medieval Norwegian names!)
By the way, not a good idea to wait too long between books for those of us who have difficulty remembering extensive family trees (with medieval Norwegian names!)
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These books made the summer of 2002(?) for me. Gorgeous & absorbing. Don't read the older translations -- read Tiina Nunnally's. This one's a little rough-going, because you have to watch the heroine die (not a spoiler), but by this time...you're too hooked to stop.
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Read in June, 2008
Wow, I finally finished! It's very good, but I enjoyed the first two books more - this one had a tendency to drag in places. Probably spread it out a little too far (it took me about four months to read the three volumes).
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Read in January, 2003
Having given themselves fully over to the new religion, the Black Death hits and everybody dies. A thoroughly satisfying closure that somehow redeems its misfit sinners in bubo-laden glory.
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I needed to read this series right now. It isn't a predictable little novel. It is very full of real people and really problems and it encouraged me.
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Read in January, 2005
complex characters, good story, interesting setting.
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