| The Boat of Longing Contributor(s): Rolvaag, O. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873511840 ISBN-13: 9780873511841 Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1985 Annotation: A compelling novel of immigrant life, set in Minneapolis in the early 1900s, by the acclaimed author of Giants in the Earth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 84029466 |
| Series: Borealis Books |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.58" W x 8.28" (1.04 lbs) 319 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the rocky, mist-enshrouded shores of Norway to the bustling streets of Minneapolis, O. E. R lvaag 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 R lvaag'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 R lvaag. |