O. E Rølvaag

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1) Giants in the earth: a saga of the prairie

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Series

Perennial classic

Lexile measure

830L

Language

English

2) Their fathers' God

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Language

English

Description

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Susie Doheny, an Irish Catholic, and Peder Holm, a Norwegian Lutheran, fall in love and marry in South Dakota in the 1890s. Soon their marriage is tested by drought, depression, and family bickering. Susie believes they are being tested by their fathers' God. Peder blames Susie for the timidity of her beliefs; Susie fears Peder's pride and skepticism. When political antagonism grows between the Norwegian and Irish immigrant communities, it threatens...

3) Giants in the earth

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Series

Harper's modern classics

Pub. Date

1929

Physical Desc

xxxiv, 468 pages ; 20 cm.

Language

English

4) Peder Victorious

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Pub. Date

1929

Language

English

5) Peder victorious: a tale of the pioneers twenty years later

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Pub. Date

1982

Edition

1st Bison Book ed.

Physical Desc

xix, 325 pages ; 21 cm

Language

English

6) The third life of Per Smevik

Author

Rølvaag, O. E

Pub. Date

1971

Physical Desc

xxiii, 136 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

7) A very Scandinavian Christmas: the greatest Nordic holiday stories of all time

Series

Very Christmas

Publisher

New Vessel Press

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

136 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Our fourth book in the very popular Very Christmas series, this collection brings together the best Scandinavian holiday stories including classics by Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark; Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerḻf, August Strindberg and Hjalmar ̲Sderberg of Sweden; as well as the acclaimed contemporary Norwegian authors Karl Ove Knausgaard and National Book Award nominee Vigdis Hjorth. These Nordic talescoming from the very region where so...