Description
In thirteenth-century Norway—scarred by constant warfare and only partially illuminated by Christianity—Olav Audunsson sets out on a trading voyage that is as much escape as enterprise. Haunted by the end of his life with Ingunn and the burdens of Hestviken, he struggles to connect with his children, especially as his relationships with Eirik and Cecilia are strained by distance, duty, and grief, while his illegitimate son Bjorn complicates everything he thought he understood about family and responsibility. Across two linked parts, Olav’s flight from the past becomes a test of conscience, forcing him to confront fear, guilt, and the limits of love when survival and faith demand hard choices. Sigrid Undset’s stark, psychologically exacting style turns this journey into a meditation on belonging, moral reckoning, and what it means to live honestly in a world where violence and belief are never far apart.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Dec 8, 2010
209 pages
ISBN: 9780307773104
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Details
First Published
1921
Language
nor
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for In the Wilderness by Sigrid Undset.