The Boat of Longing

Rolvaag, O. E.

ISBN 10: 0873511840 / ISBN 13: 9780873511841

Editore: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1985

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0873511840I4N10

Riassunto:

From the rocky, mist-enshrouded shores of Norway to the bustling streets of Minneapolis, O. E. Rølvaag lyrically chronicles the experiences of Nils Vaag, a young Norwegian immigrant. Abandoning the life of a fisherman in Nordland, a region poor but full of mystical beauty, Nils emigrates to the New World in 1912. There he sweeps saloons, lives in a boardinghouse called "Babel" for the many languages used by its residents, and begins to find his way among the people of the city.

The Boat of Longing was Rølvaag's favorite of all his books and the only one set in urban America. When it was first published in English in 1933, it received wide praise from American critics. This edition includes an introduction by Einar Haugen, professor emeritus of Scandinavian and Linguistics at Harvard University and author of a critical study of Rølvaag.

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Titolo: The Boat of Longing
Casa editrice: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1985
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket