Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie - Couverture souple

Rolvaag, Ole Edvart

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060931930 ISBN 13 : 9780060931933

Editeur : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2022

Synopsis

Book by Rolvaag Ole Edvart

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America." — The Nation

Ole Edvart Rølvaag's classic Norweigian-American immigration novel.

Giants in the Earth follows a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America. The book is based partly on Rølvaag's personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wife’s family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land.

Giants in the Earth was turned into an opera by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951.

Revue de presse :

“A firmly woven tapestry of harsh texture wrought by a master sure in his choice of strong fiber and of color, telling with heroic gesture and intricate design its legend of simple people struggling in the eternal coil of unwitting life.” (Times Literary Supplement (London))

“A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism...The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness.” (Atlantic Monthly)

“That in Giants in the Earth this NorwegianAmerican immigrant has made a distinct contribution to the literature of two countries there is no doubt...It has a bare simplicity which is cumulative in effectiveness.” (New York Times)

“The fullest, finest, and most powerful novel that has been written about pioneer life in America.” (The Nation)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Date d'édition: 2022
• ISBN 10: 0060931930
• ISBN 13: 9780060931933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560