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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 1144 pages and is available in paperback format. The final installment of sigrid undset s kristin lavransdatter trilogy, kristin, erlend, and their sons return to her childhood home, jorundgaard. Kristin lavransdatter, by sigrid undset is a story set in the first half of the. Mar 14, 2018 kristin lavransdatter is the 1100page, threevolume masterpiece of sigrid undset 18821949, a norwegian novelist who won the nobel prize for literature in 1928. Slate the turbulent historical masterpiece of norways literary master in her great historical epic kristin lavransdatter, set in fourteenthcentury norway, nobel laureate sigrid undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Sigrid undset won the nobel prize in literature for kristin lavransdatter while still. Kristin lavransdatter is a 1995 norwegian film directed by liv ullmann, featuring elisabeth matheson, bjorn skagestad, jorgen langhelle, lena endre and sverre anker ousdal, based on kristin lavransdatter by sigrid undset. Bookofthemonth club famously said, we consider it the best book our judges have ever selected and it has been better received by our subscribers than any other book.