false 6220 15 In <B>Kristin Lavransdatter</B> (1920-1922), <B>Sigrid Undset</B> interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life-her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faith-profoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the connections between past and present and of human nature itself, combined with the extraordinary quality of her writing, sets her works far above the genre of "historical novels." This new translation by Tina Nunnally-the first English version since Charles Archer's translation in the 1920s-captures Undset's strengths as a stylist. Nunnally, an award-winning translator, retains the natural dialog and lyrical flow of the original Norwegian, with its echoes of Old Norse legends, while deftly avoiding the stilted language and false archaisms of Archer's translation. In addition, she restores key passages left out of that edition.<BR><BR> Undset's ability to present a meticulously accurate historical portrait without sacrificing the poetry and narrative drive of masterful storytelling was particularly significant in her homeland. Granted independence in 1905 after five hundred years of foreign domination, Norway was eager to reclaim its national history and culture. <B>Kristin Lavransdatter</B> became a touchstone for Undset's contemporaries, and continues to be widely read by Norwegians today. In the more than 75 years since it was first published, it has also become a favorite throughout the world. 25477 book 1920 Kristin Lavransdatter 1: The Wreath (20th-Century Classics) total:439|5:11|4:8|3:3|2:2|1:0| 439 1782 648 88 4 1 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 21:17:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 19:53:14 -0800 2009
No, Really, this book took it out of me.
I loved it, but it is dense and sorrow-filled. As this book is the first of three I cannot really review it until I've finished all of them. I can say that rarely does a book get this much of a reaction from me. I started talking about...more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 11:39:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 11:39:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:46:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:02:18 -0700 2009
I found Kristin quite annoying, but then she's very young in this first novel, and I imagine she will matur...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:55:23 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:33:41 -0700 2009 1
When I picked the series up again this year, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found myself thinking about the characters as though ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 28 18:27:22 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 06:28:09 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 09:41:51 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 08:37:16 -0700 2009
It was hard for me to read how Kris...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 08 11:21:09 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:21:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 04 10:56:27 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 15:20:54 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 15:21:35 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 15:20:23 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 02 08:16:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:23:24 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:30:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 05 13:44:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 14:06:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 17 23:15:03 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 23:29:56 -0800 2008 Kristin Lavransdatter is the first book in a Trilogy about a young Catholic girl whose father is a successful farmer and well-loved on his land and respected in neighboring towns due to his success i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 22 20:06:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 21:27:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 03 15:00:48 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 15:13:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 03:19:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:47:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:06:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:47:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Tue Feb 24 06:48:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 06:54:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 14:25:55 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 09:29:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 13:06:50 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 11:56:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 19:07:49 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:14:12 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6220