A review by foggy_rosamund
Gunnar's Daughter by Sherrill Harbison, Sigrid Undset, Arthur G. Chater

2.0

This novella covers a surprising amount of time -- the exact number of years is not given, but I'd guess it covers at least forty. This means that while small moments of time can be explored in depth, many parts of the novel are only very briefly shaded it. Sometimes this works, and gives the book a mythical quality, but other times it just left me dissatisfied. Vigdis, the main character, is raped by Ljot, an Icelander who comes to her home in Norway. She curses him, and over the years her curses come true, in ways that cause everyone pain. Vigdis's trauma is handled with care, and her revenge is, at times, very satisfying, but most of the time the events were too briefly sketched out for me to get any emotion from any of it.