With the fruit of sin in her body and a terrible fear in her heart, Kristin Lavranstochter arrives at Husaby as the legitimate wife of Erlend Nikulaussohn. Erlend, meanwhile, is primarily occupied with politics, military campaigns, and intrigues, neglecting his own estate to a shameful degree and leaving his wife to care for their children as well as those he has with his former lover. When a planned intrigue among the highest circles is uncovered, disaster looms. Sigrid Undset's greatest strength lies, alongside breathtaking depictions of landscapes, in her character portrayal, which gives her great novel the rare power to make us truly experience Kristin's joys and sorrows, to suffer and love with her, even though she struggles with a time and values that are no longer our own. The Nobel Prize in Literature for the trilogy is only fitting. Gabriele Haefs has completely retranslated "Kristin Lavranstochter," for the first time directly from Norwegian, allowing German readers to finally enjoy Undset's extraordinary linguistic expressiveness. Volume 1: The Wreath, has already been published, and Volume 3: The Cross will follow in spring 2022.