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The Son Avenger: Volume IV of The Master of Hestviken Kindle Edition

by Sigrid Undset (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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Powerfully written and filled with magnificent vignettes of the daily life of a medieval estate, 'The Son Avenger' suggests a Greek tragedy whose vision of fate coexists with a Christian sense of suffering and forgiveness. And in the somber, twilight figure of 'Olav the Bad, ' Undset has created an antihero as moving as Oedipus or Lear.
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    Master of Hestviken
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    Vintage
  6. Publication date
    December 8, 2010
  7. File size
    890 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004J4WL9G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; Reprint edition (December 8, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 8, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 890 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0679755527
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 58 ratings

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Sigrid Undset

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Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.

Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism. She fled Norway for the United States in 1940 because of her opposition to Nazi Germany and the German invasion and occupation of Norway, but returned after World War II ended in 1945.

Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter, a trilogy about life in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, portrayed through the experiences of a woman from birth until death. Its three volumes were published between 1920 and 1922.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Aage Remfeldt / Aage Rasmussen (1889-1983) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I think Sigrid Undset is a fine writter and enjoyed this as much as Kristen Lavransdatter ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
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I think Sigrid Undset is a fine writter and enjoyed this as much as Kristen Lavransdatter and Catherine of Sienna. Her writing is fluid and descriptive, but not so much as to hinder the flow of the story.
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Mattie Engler
5.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed the entire series
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2014
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I enjoyed the entire series. This is the fourth book of The Master of Hestviken series, where the tragedy that unfolds throught the series finds a satisfactory conclusion. Sigrid Undset transports you into old Norway, their customs and beliefs, which makes you feel you were there.
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nordlys
5.0 out of 5 stars Very fine seller, Birthe
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2015
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Great book, love her writings, but I,m also danish/norwegen.
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Musicals Freak
3.0 out of 5 stars Part IV moves faster than II or III
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2016
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The fourth part of The Master of Hestivken moves at a much quicker pace than the previous two installments. The translation remains a problem, all four novels in their English versions using very dated language. But this installment has more characters and enough incidents to keep the pace up to an acceptable level. One section at the end consists of the lengthy and not very interesting religious ruminations of Olav, the main character, as he wrestles with a thirty year old moral dilemma that is important to his character but come across as rather of small importance to the plot.
All in all, I cannot recommend this tetrology. It is mainly slow moving and very little actually takes place.
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JD
4.0 out of 5 stars Great series: second op only to Kristin Lavransdatter
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2022
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This is a great series. I’m Catholic, so I really loved the parts that spoke of the faith. It resonated with me. I liked this series but absolutely loved Kristin Lavransdatter, by the same author.
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