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The Son Avenger

4.4/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 24, 1995

ISBN: 0679755527

ISBN 13: 9780679755524

The Son Avenger

4.4/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 24, 1995

ISBN: 0679755527

ISBN 13: 9780679755524

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