{"product_id":"the-wild-orchid","title":"The Wild Orchid","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wild Orchid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the first part of Nobel Prize-winner Sigrid Undset’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe Winding Road\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of Paul Selmer, a typical child of the experientially emancipated, intellectually enlightened modern age. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn into an 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisplaying the raw honesty and deep sensitivity with which Undset perceives the human experience, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Orchid\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaptures the peculiar tensions and harmonies of flesh and spirit in a drama of germinating grace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eLet me not be allowed to extinguish the spark that has again begun to glow within me.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigrid Undset\u003c\/strong\u003e (1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to Catholicism. Her work is renowned for its realism and poignancy, and she is best known for her three-volume novel \u003cem\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1928, Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1949899924\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- wp:siteorigin-panels\/layout-block \/--\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42861785186398,"sku":"978-1949899924","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":42861785219166,"sku":"978-1949899925","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--296.jpg?v=1780986907","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/the-wild-orchid","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}