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Philip connorss top 10 wilderness books from novels by cormac mccarthy and marilynne robinson to essays by john fowles and gary snyder, the author chooses the best encounters with wild nature. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, undset immerses readers in the daytoday life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the. In kristin lavransdatter 19201922, sigrid undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful. The first edition of the novel was published in 1920, and was written by sigrid undset. Originally published in hardcover in norwegian in two volumes as olav audunsson i hestviken and olav audunsson og hans born by h. Books by sigrid undset author of kristin lavransdatter. At 46 she was one of the youngest authors and only the third woman to be so honored.
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