[PMCarey]

My wife loves "Kristin Lavransdatter", and she wants me to read it. I haven't had a taste for fiction these last few years and I'm afraid a book about the spiritual trials of a Norwegian woman will book me to sleep.

Heck, even writing the sentence "the spiritual trials of a Norwegian woman" nearly put me to sleep!

[RosieCotton]

It's an incredible commentary on human nature, in addition to a spectacular, descriptive work of fiction.

There...does that put you to sleep? Heh...

It really is an amazing book, but at - what, 1200 pages? - it's something of a monumental undertaking.