| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
324 pages ; 22 cm |
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| Summary |
"The year is 1874. Nesje is a recent widower with a young son, working as a haymaker on an estate in the town of Molde and steadily clearing his own small holding. Then he meets Serianna--an outsider, looking for work, who takes him fishing and smokes a pipe. Soon the two fall in love and marry, and Nesje begins to dream of a prosperous future. But prosperity is hard to come by. Some Norwegians--including Serianna's spirited sister, Gjertine--are immigrating to the American West, attracted by the glimmer of land and commerce. One of Nesje's sons follows, while another moves to the city and becomes a wealthy merchant, and another is adopted by Serianna's childless brother and sister-in-law. In Norway and in America, however, the turn of the century is approaching: mechanization is superseding skilled labor, the moneyed classes are growing ever more powerful, and sacrifices don't always deliver what was promised."--Back cover. |
| Note |
First published in Norwegian as Slåttekar i himmelen. |
| Subject |
Families -- Norway -- Fiction.
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Small cities -- Norway -- Fiction.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
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Nineteenth century -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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| Added Author |
Chace, Tara, translator.
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| Added Title |
Slåttekar i himmelen. English
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| ISBN |
9781571311290 : $18.00 |
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1571311297 |
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