Comments on: Kristin Lavransdattar, The Wife

By: lilly

lilly — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:13:27 +0000

I really, really need to read this book. As a matter of fact I think I had read it before when I was about 16 in Polish translation and I loved it then but after a while I couldn't remember the title and it's been gnawing at me for the longest time. If this book is what I think it is (and I'm 99% certain it is) I will be one very very happy camper. .-= lilly´s last blog ..Show Me 5 Saturday =-.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:50:50 +0000

Thank you for the laugh with this one!!! .-= Jenners´s last blog ..FreeVerse: Poems For My Dad =-.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:43:07 +0000

I just finally got my post up today and am getting to reading all the participants’ thoughts on the second part of KL.

You are right, it got to where I was also thinking “another baby?!” throughout the book, although I know they had no real birth control back then. Why did Undset decide to have Kristin have all boys? Yes, that can happen in families; but why here?!
.-= Valerie´s last blog ..Read-Along: “Kristin Lavransdatter, Part II: The Wife” =-.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:55:50 +0000

Softdrink, I think Undset wrote this book the way she did to make each reader suffer through the same torments “poor Kristin” did…through lack of entertainment. Unfortunately, it’s working! I’m planning on reading part three a chapter or two a day rather than in big doses, and I hope the daily dollop of literary castor oil will help me from hating the book quite as much as I have so far. Ugh.
.-= Richard´s last blog ..Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife =-.

By: Bookfool, aka Nancy

Bookfool, aka Nancy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:18:00 +0000

I've got one or two of the books in this series. Naturally, I have buried them. Maybe that's not a bad thing. .-= Bookfool, aka Nancy´s last blog ..One day I tripped and, sadly, my personality leaked out and rolled down the hill =-.

By: EL Fay

EL Fay — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:32:31 +0000

Straight and to the point! I love it. I'm still working on my Kristin post and it's already gotten horribly long. .-= EL Fay´s last blog ..(Very Brief) Hiatus =-.

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:27:44 +0000

Alas, the more I read about this book, the less I feel inclined to ever read it! I also wonder if the religious contemplation and description of medieval Norway is really enough to counter all this other stuff so as to make the book deserving of the Nobel… This sounds like one of those books where I’m quite honestly surprised that it’s stood the test of time!
.-= Steph´s last blog ..The end of our first blogiversary =-.

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:25:21 +0000

LOL, short but hilarious. And I’m also surprised your summary didn’t include all the crying – mine would have looked like:

- She has a baby boy.
- She cries.
- She sobs.
- She has a baby boy.
- She feels really guilty.
- She cries.
- Rinse and repeat.
.-= Emily´s last blog ..Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wife =-.

By: claire

claire — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:41:31 +0000

You missed one baby boy, Jill! Lol. .-= claire´s last blog ..Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry =-.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:37:32 +0000

The Wife slowed me down, too…so much so that I took a break before reading the third book. The break has lasted three years now – I really need to read that last book!
.-= JoAnn´s last blog ..TSS: Holiday Weekend Wrap-Up and A Look Ahead =-.