Kristin Lavransdatter, I: The Wreath

by Sigrid Undset

Book Overview

"[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante." --Slate

A Penguin Classic

Kristin Lavransdatter 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141180412
• ISBN13: 9780141180410
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher