Kristin Lavransdatter 3: The Cross
by:
Sigrid Undset (author)
Set in 14th century Norway, it tells the story of how Kristin rearranges her life after the Black Death has devastated her world.
Set in 14th century Norway, it tells the story of how Kristin rearranges her life after the Black Death has devastated her world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780394752914 (0394752910)
Publish date: April 20th 2011
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Kristin Lavransdatter (#3)
The final volume of the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy is perhaps the best of the three. Judging by the titles and cover images, I had guessed that Kristin would spend this book as a widowed nun and that the book would be mostly about her grieving and repenting her sins. Fortunately, that’s a long wa...
First line - THE SECOND year Erlend Nikulaussön and Kristin Lavransdatter dwelt on Jörundgaard, the mistress was minded to go herself and lie the summer at the sæter.
I loved these books. They were just heartbreaking, but so real. Why is it that some really basic truths about life are entirely non-apparent until I read a book that shows them up? What is it about fiction that can spur us to realize true things we haven't understood through living life directly?...
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