“Why are you reading a teenager book?” a friend of mine asked, bemused to see me with a copy of Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath. Her question was understandable: The paperback edition of the first volume of Sigrid Undset’s trilogy from the 1920s, translated from the Norwegian by Tiina Nunnally, shows a pretty young couple courting in a grove, all flowing locks and blushes. The tagline on the back is about whether Kristin would dare to marry a man against her parents’ wishes. Swoon!
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