Christian Stannow's "little" American novel with the author's unique view of the United States some forty years ago as well as history about early settlers in the northeast. Many memorable characters in this remarkable novel with focus on a small town in New York state, Key West, Austin in Texas, New Orleans and Santa Catalina and capitalism. A novel with much humor and the struggles of everyday people. There are links to timeless and universal Greek mythology and the human condition.
Christian Stannow's "little" American novel with the author's unique view of the United States some forty years ago as well as history about early set...
Matti Aikio (1872-1929) was a Sami who wrote in Norwegian at a time when indigenous people were new to reading and writing. Poor health when young meant he was ill equipped for physical labor. He did not learn to write Norwegian until he was eighteen and then spent his relatively short life among Norwegians in Oslo penning novels and articles for newspapers. In Reindeer Hide from 1906, his first Norwegian novel, is a story with two strands: reindeer theft and a love affair between a Sami boy and a Norwegian girl that is doomed by cultural and societal mores. His best known novel is The...
Matti Aikio (1872-1929) was a Sami who wrote in Norwegian at a time when indigenous people were new to reading and writing. Poor health when young mea...
A Sami dentist by the name of Olle writes a book entitled 'Cheerful Tenacity.' After his marriage to Agnete falls apart he becomes the 'host' at a mountain chapel where migrating Sami reindeer herders spend Easter and Christmas. He's mainly responsible for a group sauna where 11 people die from the cold. He becomes friends with a Sami family and has a relationship with their younger daughter who is much younger than Olle. After less than a year Olle told he isn't the right person to be host. He heads south perhaps to get together with Agnete who has written to him several times."
A Sami dentist by the name of Olle writes a book entitled 'Cheerful Tenacity.' After his marriage to Agnete falls apart he becomes the 'host' at a mou...
Laestadius' book on Lapp (Sami) mythology written from 1839-45. The monograph was never published in Paris as planned and went astray. Portions of the manuscript were discovered in 1932 in France, 1946 at Yale University, and the last part in France in 2001. The present book is the first section of the monograph: Doctrine of the Gods.
Laestadius' book on Lapp (Sami) mythology written from 1839-45. The monograph was never published in Paris as planned and went astray. Portions of the...
