![]() ![]() So when this three-volume beast thunked on to the mat, it took me a good while to work up the enthusiasm to open it and have a read.īut, oh, am I glad I did because, quite simply, and with no qualifications of any kind, this is one of the best books I have read in my life. ![]() It’s simply that on balance I prefer novels to look like books rather than doorstops. ![]() Now, as anyone who’s seen my plans to read the world in 2012 knows, I’m not afraid of a challenge. In the case of Norwegian Nobel-Prize-winner Sigrid Undset‘s Kristin Lavransdatter, it was the 1,100-plus page count that had me gnawing my knuckles in dread. The genre might be the problem (as regular visitors to this blog know, magical realism and I have a largely hate-hate relationship), or the subject matter. Or that the author is someone I’ve made a vow never to read. ![]() Now and then someone recommends a book to me and my heart sinks. ![]()
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