Kristin Lavransdatter

'[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante' - Slate The Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece by Norway's literary master Kristin Lavransdatter is the epic story of one woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway, from childhood to death. Sensitive and rebellious Kristin is sent to a convent as a girl, where she meets the charming but irresponsible Erlend. Defying her parents' wishes to pursue her own desires, she marries and raises seven sons. However, her husband's political ambitions threaten catastrophe for the family, and the couple become increasingly estranged as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty. With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, Kristin Lavransdatter is the masterwork of Norway's most beloved author and, in Nunnally's exquisite translation, a story that continues to enthral.

'[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante' - Slate The Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece by Norway's literary master Kristin Lavransdatter is the epic story of one woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway, from childhood to death. Sensitive and rebellious Kristin is sent to a convent as a girl, where she meets the charming but irresponsible Erlend. Defying her parents' wishes to pursue her own desires, she marries and raises seven sons. However, her husband's political ambitions threaten catastrophe for the family, and the couple become increasingly estranged as the world around them tumbles into uncertainty. With its captivating heroine and emotional potency, Kristin Lavransdatter is the masterwork of Norway's most beloved author and, in Nunnally's exquisite translation, a story that continues to enthral.

"Kristin Lavransdatter" er Sigrid Undsets radikale hovedværk om Kristin Lavransdatters liv i Norge omkring år 1300. Sigrid Undsets "Kristin Lavransdatter" foregår i Norges middelalder, hvor Kristin Lavransdatter fødes på slægtsgården Jørundsgård i en lille bygd. Hun vokser op som en egenrådig, modig kvinde, der tør trodse sine forældres arrangerede ægteskab og samfundets normer, da hun forelsker sig i den ældre men indtagende adelsmand Erlend Nikulaussøn. Resten af livet må hun kæmpe med skyldfølelse over for sin slægt og Gud, og trods et tumultarisk ægteskab forsvinder hendes kærlighed til Erlend aldrig. Romanen er nyoversat af Niels Brunse og Kim Leine har skrevet bogens forord.