Olav Audunssøn of Hestviken
Undset, Sigrid: Olav Audunssøn i HestvikenOLAV AUDUNSSØN OF HESTVIKEN is the first book of the two-volume work about Olav Audunssøn, who his whole life is torn apart by the conflict between his own will and God’s law. The story takes place around the Oslo fjord at the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century. Olav is tormented by the most basic and universal human themes: the relationship between desire and love, husband and wife, parents and children. The story of the young Olav and Ingunn’s journey to Hamar, where they discover each other as man and woman, is a beautiful love story. But everything has its prize, and dark forces find their way into Olav’s mind and deeds.
In 1928, Undset won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her medieval novels about Kristin Lavransdatter and Olav Audunssøn.
First published: 1925
Sigrid Undset: Biography and bibliography
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| Language | Foreign publisher |
|---|---|
| American English | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Czech | Vysehrad |
| Danish | Jespersen og Pio |
| Estonian | Eesti Raamat |
| Finnish | WSOY |
| German | Rütten & Loening |
| Polish | BC Edukacja |
| Slovakian | Slovensky spisovatel |
| Slovene | Koper |
| Spanish | Ediciones Encuentro |
