5/26/2023 0 Comments Saga of saints sigrid undset![]() ![]() Nichols traces the major influences on her formation-familial, cultural, and political-but it is his tender illustration of the curious soul creeping forward that is so competently done: distinguishing the telltale clues and intellectual breakthroughs that create the essential pivot points in Sigrid’s growth. This early exposure to the power of the written word, combined with her father’s work and her own great love of botany, eventually led her to successfully layer historical and biological rigor with psychological realism-creating the rich settings that could in time be infused with the spiritual awakening taking place in her own soul.įr. ![]() She was only nine when she read her first saga, which she later accounted to be a “turning point” in her life, such was its psychological impact. It is easy to see how such a culturally rich atmosphere nurtured their eldest child. Sigrid was born to an antiquarian father (dedicated to iron-age archaeology and early Medieval sagas) and an academically and artistically gifted mother. ![]() In Sigrid Unset: Reader of Hearts, Fr Aidan Nichols, OP, sets the stage appropriately with her foundational influences, which are naturally her family, her Norwegian roots, and her own academic inclinations. As a devoted admirer of Sigrid Unset, I look forward to learning more about her and the influences on her writing. ![]()
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