{"product_id":"images-in-a-mirror","title":"Images in a Mirror Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eImages in a Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Fru Hjelde, an actress who abandons in a burst of passion her successful career and marries a man with whom she had little in common. After the passing of ten years, Uni—as Fru Hjelde is called—finds that her husband and five children have become, not an impetus, but rather an intractable obstacle to a life of fulfillment. Eager for diversion, Uni finds the opportunity to expand her world after a chance encounter with a charming acquaintance from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst appearing in English in 1938, the last of Undset’s modern background novels, \u003ci\u003eImages in a Mirror \u003c\/i\u003etakes the emotional trappings of a prosaic life—nostalgia, ennui, discontent—and casts them in such light that they become visible for what they truly are: the signs and signals of the human heart seeking its ultimate desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eImages in a mirror—is it any more than that? We sit here and feel around us shadows of the things that might have been and that might have made life rich for us both and given it a fullness which we now know it can never have.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset \u003c\/b\u003e(1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a con­vert to the Catholic faith. In 1928, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. A number of Undset’s books are available from Cluny, including the \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, the \u003ci\u003eMaster of Hestviken \u003c\/i\u003etetralogy, and \u003ci\u003eSaga of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970650\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68275441631453,"sku":"978-1950970650","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ProductImages_288.jpg?v=1792889647","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/images-in-a-mirror","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}