Kristin is shocked to discover that Simon’s death does not diminish Ramborg’s hate for and resentment of Kristin because of Simon’s inability to love anyone but Kristin. Ramborg, Kristin’s sister and Simon’s wife, who now has a newborn son, finds a new husband almost immediately after Simon’s death with a lifelong friend of Simon’s, Jammaelt Halvardsson. (See lyrics from “Camelot” Lyrics on “How to Handle a Woman.”) He wanted to tell her before his death that he had always loved her, but he could not. As Kristin nursed him in his death, he made her promise she would take the message to Erlend that he regretted what he had said to him. Simon died at age 42, however, from a simple sword nick that became infected.
Simon breaks off with Erlend, telling him he can no longer stand to be around him because he still loves Kristin. In Volume III, all the sins of the parents finally come home to roost, and we move on to the musical “Camelot.” (If you have not yet read this book and plan to do so, please skip the Plot Summary and go to the Discussion sections, since the Plot Summary contains spoilers.) Plot Summary November: The Wife (pages 295-697) My post is here. October: The Wreath (pages 1-291) My post is here. Participants are to post their reviews of each section around the end of the month, and we will compare notes. It’s available from Penguin in both omnibus and three individual editions.”
I signed up for the Kristin Lavransdatter Readalong, sponsored by Richard of Caravana de Recuerdos and Emily from Evening All Afternoon.Īs Emily pointed out, “we’ll be reading the Tina Nunnally translation, which won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize in 2001 and apparently restored a number of the more experimental passages, which had been excised from the original English translation.
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