{"product_id":"return-to-the-future","title":"Return to the Future","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReturn to the Future\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 1940, the Nazi forces invade and occupy Norway, shattering the calm of the nation’s neutrality. With the western passage shut off, Sigrid Undset escapes to the east—through anxious but helpful Sweden; on to Russia, dirty, disease-ridden, dysfunctional; then the natural beauty and cultural enigma of Japan, from where Undset and her son will depart by ship for a new future in the United States. Undset concludes with a measured reflection on the future of democracy and the possibility of a return to a virtuous and ordered society. A deeply personal work, \u003ci\u003eReturn to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e combines trenchant social and political commentary with a powerfully moving account of the tragedies of World War II and the accompanying triumphs of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThe future of any society is determined by the life and prosperity of families within that society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e–\u003c\/span\u003eSigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset\u003c\/b\u003e \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 \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1928, Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1949899900\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100026298735,"sku":"978-1949899900","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Covers97.jpg?v=1781124508","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/return-to-the-future","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}