Set in thirteenth-century Norway, a land racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas, The Axe is the first volume in Sigrid Undset's epic tetralogy, The Master of Hestviken. In it we meet Olav Audunsson and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, who were betrothed as children and raised as brother and sister/5(55). The Master of Hestviken is slower paced than Kristin Lavransdatter, but delves more deeply into the deep questions of life, redemption, mercy, and justice. My only complain is that it is a bit painful to travel with the characters through their many sorrows - I wish Ms. Undset had given them a bit more happiness in /5(13). Read reviews and buy The Axe - (Master of Hestviken) by Sigrid Undset (Paperback) at Target. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. Expect More. Pay Less.
Sigrid Undset, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in , seems to have been largely forgotten in America. And that is truly a shame. While she experienced success in her native Norway with her early modern novels, it his her pair of Medieval epics, "Kristin Lavransdatter" and "Master of Hestviken" (the latter was published as "Olav Audunsson" in Norway; its English translation was. The Master of Hestviken Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The Master of Hestviken by Sigrid Undset. Publication date Topics Fiction / General, Literature - Classics / Criticism Publisher Plume Collection. The Master of Hestviken by Undset, Sigrid Seller Purpora Books Published Condition Very Good Plus Edition Fifth Printing Item Price $ Show Details. Description: New York: Knopf, Bound in red cloth with black lettering on upper board and black and gilt lettering and decorations on spine. A couple of faint marks on the cloth.
The Master of Hestviken book. Read 15 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Soaringly romantic and psychologically nuanced, Undest's no. The author, Sigred Undset, considered The Master of Hestviking Tetrology to be better than Kristen Lavraansdatter, the trilogy for which she won the Nobel Prize. The Master of Hestviken is a tetralogy about medieval Norway written by Sigrid Undset. It was originally published in Norwegian as two volumes Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken and Olav Audunssøn og Hans Børn, from to Hestviken is a fictional mediaeval farm on the East side of the Oslo fjord. The series is set partly during the Civil war era in Norway, in which period the Bagler faction frequently established themselves in the nearby Viken area. It's inspired by the summer cottages.
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