- Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.- -- Slate 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.
Undset\'s own life--her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife.
The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. - Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.- -- Slate 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