Kristin Lavransdatter The Wreath : Penguin Drop Caps - Sigrid Undset

Kristin Lavransdatter The Wreath

Penguin Drop Caps

By: Sigrid Undset

Hardcover | 15 September 2016 | Edition Number 1

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U is for Undset. Set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath, the first volume of Undset's medieval trilogy begins the life story of Kristin Lavransdatter.


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U is for Undset. Set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath, the first volume of Undset's medieval trilogy begins the life story of Kristin Lavransdatter. Starting with Kristin's childhood and continuing through her romance with Erlend Nikulauss n, a dangerously charming and impetuous man, Undset re-creates the historical backdrop in vivid detail, immersing readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political undercurrents of the period. But the story she tells is a modern one, brought to life with clarity and lyrical beauty in this remarkable translation by Tiina Nunnally. Defying her parents and stubbornly pursuing her own happiness, Kristin emerges as a woman who loves with power and passion.
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Winner of the 2014 Type Directors Club Communication Design Award

Praise for Kristin Lavransdatter:

"A master...writing in a prose as vigorous, articulate and naturalistic as the novel it re-creates, Tiina Nunnally brilliantly captures a world both remote and strangely familiar."
-PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize citation
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