The Longest Years Folk & Fairy and be better

and be better

writes in his Introduction

As powerful today as it was at the mid-way point of the twentieth century

writes in his Foreword

The Longest Years Folk & Fairy and be betterBy Sigrid Undset The Longest Years is a vivid rendering of childhood memories into an autobiographical novel. Through the young Norwegian girl Ingvild, Sigrid Undset conveys the veritable cornucopia of original experiences in the life of a child: the sights, sounds, and smells; the beginnings of thought and the acute pangs of suffering; and the pure privilege of innocence. Avoiding altogether any attempt to modify, let alone interpret, the memories of