{"product_id":"the-longest-years","title":"The Longest Years Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Longest Years \u003c\/b\u003eis a vivid rendering of childhood memories into an autobiographical novel. Through the young Norwegian girl Ingvild, Sigrid Undset conveys the veritable cornucopia of original experiences in the life of a child: the sights, sounds, and smells; the beginnings of thought and the acute pangs of suffering; and the pure privilege of innocence. Avoiding altogether any attempt to modify, let alone interpret, the memories of Ingvild, Undset sets forth the organic sprawling verity of a child’s world and its rootedness in what Hopkins called the “dearest freshness deep down things.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow did it come about that in later years the time they were living in Lydersagen always appeared to her as her real childhood? Those years occupied such a space in her memory that they seemed longer than all the time before and after put together.… \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst published in 1935, \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Years\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by critics as “forthright and untinted,” honest and real,” “perhaps the finest thing Undset has written since the inimitable \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e.” Down to the present day, the novel remains undiminished in power as an occasion to see the world with the clear-eyed vision of a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\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 314pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970858\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68275443826909,"sku":"978-1950970858","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ProductImages_206.jpg?v=1792889733","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-longest-years","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}