{"product_id":"the-wild-orchid-hardcover-2","title":"The Wild Orchid - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wild Orchid, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe first volume of Nobel Prize-winning Undset's novel \u003cem\u003eThe Winding Road\u003c\/em\u003e, is the story of Paul Selmer, a typical child of the experientially emancipated, intellectually enlightened modern age. The son of upper middle class Protestant parents, who divorced when he was a teenager, Paul is raised along with his sister and two brothers by his mother to be a freethinker. Amidst the prosaic trappings of his work and play, the pursuit of a mistress and then a marriage, and with the threat of a world war looming over Norway, Paul yearns for a deeper, more abiding meaning and order for his hopes and loves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimilar to Undset's masterpieces \u003cem\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Master of Hestviken\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Orchid\u003c\/em\u003e manifests the raw honesty and sensitivity with which its author perceives the human experience, capturing the peculiar tensions and harmonies of flesh and spirit in a drama of germinating grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47478821912797,"sku":"9781949899931","price":60.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/MWFGS3NMUURZTjNJeStzTzZPWk1TUT09_815c9758-3466-484d-9f30-ad51799bb419.webp?v=1771777989","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-wild-orchid-hardcover-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}