Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife (Penguin Classics)
by Sigrid Undset
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Author: Sigrid UndsetEditor: Tiina Nunnally
Translator: Tiina Nunnally
Introduction: Sherrill Harbison
Edition: Paperback
Audio: Norwegian (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-11-01
ISBN: 0141181281
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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- ISBN13: 9780141181288
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife (Penguin Classics)
Book Review: new look at Kristen Lavransdatter
Summary: 4 Stars
my old copy of the book was of an earlier translation and was hard reading--a good story but not easy to get "to the meat" of it. This translation is so much better, it makes the character of Kristen easier to understand and her problems easier to relate to. I am amazed at home much her husband Erlend and my husband had in common! The triology is a great read! Don't miss it in the translation by Tiina Nunnally.
Summary of Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife (Penguin Classics)
In Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-1922), Sigrid Undset 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.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. Kristin Lavransdatter 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.
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