The Kristin Lavransdatter books tell the story of the life of Kristin Lavransdatter, a Norwegian woman living in the 14th century. I read historical fiction only very rarely, and a series about a Norwegian housewife in the Middle Ages wouldn’t normally be something that would be very high on my TBR list. I chose these because at some point in the last year, I was reading an article which had a short quote from one of the books. I can’t remember the quote or the […]
So Many Babies: Kristin Lavransdatter part II
I previously reviewed the first book of this trilogy by Sigird Undset, here: http://cbr.bgwdesigns.com/2017/01/its-like-game-of-thrones-but-without-all-the-violence-and-scheming-and-a-lot-more-jesus/ If the first book deals with the innocence of childhood giving way to the folly of youth and young love, this book brings home the reality and consequences of choices. We find Kristin married, away from her homeland, and now head of a large estate. She and her husband have moved past what was an interminably long courtship (where whatever kind of honeymoon they were ever going to has transpired and […]
It’s like Game of Thrones but without all the violence, and scheming, and a lot more Jesus
I kid in the headline, but this really does involve a large introspective journey into the natures of Sin and Faith. Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, in large part because of this trilogy of novels. These novels trace the personal history of Kristin Lavransdatter, a medieval Norwegian noblewoman from her birth through….well, I will have to see when I read the third novel. This first section primarily deals with her childhood, her adolescence, and her various courtships, love affairs, […]