The fourth and final volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s
epic of one man’s fateful life in medieval Norway  Set in
thirteenth-century Norway, a land racked by political turmoil,
bloody family vendettas, and rising tensions between secular powers
and an ascendant church, Sigrid Undset’s spellbinding masterpiece
now follows the fortunes of Olav Audunssøn to the final, dramatic
chapter of his life as it unfolds in Winter, the last volume of the
tetralogy. When the orphaned Olav and his foster sister Ingunn
became betrothed in their youth, a chain of events was set in
motion that eventually led to violence, banishment, and a family
separation lasting years. The consequences fracture their marriage
and threaten the lineage for generations. Now, at the end of his
life, Olav continues to grapple with the guilt of his sins as he
watches his children, especially Eirik, make disastrous choices and
struggle to find their rightful place in a family haunted by the
past. Â With its precise details and sweeping vision, Olav
Audunssøn summons a powerful picture of Northern life in medieval
times, as noted by the Swedish Academy in awarding Undset the Nobel
Prize in 1928. Conveying both the intimate drama and the epic
proportions of Olav’s story at its conclusion, Winter is a moving
and masterly recreation of a vanished world tainted by bloodshed
and haunted by sin and retribution—yet one that might still offer
a chance for redemption.  As with Kristin
Lavransdatter, her earlier medieval epic, Sigrid Undset wrote Olav
Audunssøn after immersive research in the legal, religious, and
historical writings of the time to create an astoundingly authentic
and compelling portrait of Norwegian life in the Middle Ages. And
as in her translation of Kristin Lavransdatter, Tiina Nunnally does
full justice to Undset’s natural, fluid prose—in a style by
turns plainspoken and delicately lyrical—to convey the natural
world, the complex culture, and the fraught emotional territory
against which Olav’s story inexorably unfolds.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Sigrid Undset
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Translators: |
Tiina Nunnally
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5179-1541-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5179-1541-4 |
Barcode: |
9781517915414 |
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