Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-22)

2014-03-17T15:33:26-04:00

Acts of violence and devotion, rape and worship, funerals and betrothals, love-scenes and convent-life, adultery and illness: this medieval saga has so many facets to it that I was not expecting. Not the least of which being that it gripped my attention more tightly than any of the contemporary novels