{"product_id":"the-wild-orchid-sigrid-undset-9781949899931","title":"The Wild Orchid","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sigrid Undset\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949899934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949899931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cluny Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d","brand":"Sigrid Undset","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946079879423,"sku":"9781949899931","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3cf14c47-6ee0-4c37-829e-d19a8f216414.jpg?v=1681511418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wild-orchid-sigrid-undset-9781949899931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}