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Author : Paul Thomas
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111441164
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (114 download)
Download or read book A Somali-Norwegian Saga written by Paul Thomas and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Thomas
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ISBN 13 : 9783111439884
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book A Somali-Norwegian Saga written by Paul Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this evocative memoir, traversing more than three decades, the author recounts a life moulded through his experiences as a refugee, and then cab driver, and finally, the domain of academia as a professor in Norway. Much ink has been spilled, and careers - both academic and political - piggybacked, on writing about refugees, non-western minorities, integration, and the purported threat they face to western culture. Seldom are refugees given a voice to articulate their own perspectives. This memoir is the voice of the subaltern inspired by the postcolonial genre of the empire writing back. Personal reflections are intertwined with critical analysis in offering a distinctive outlook on the challenges and successes confronting people of colour. On a deeper level, the memoir is crafted as a "no holds barred" navigational tool for minoritized youth caught in the crossfire of political and social skullduggery. "A Somali-Norwegian Saga: My Journey from Refugee to Cab Driver to Professor", weaves sociological theories into the narrative and serves as a call to broaden and accommodate new and emerging hybrid identities in what has been called the "browning" of the western demographic, openly addresses the conflicts posed by certain minority cultural practices misaligned with universal democratic ideals, and ultimately suggests that success is within reach despite the enormous hurdles. It is a tribute to the fortitude and resilience of countless, nameless refugees who took on the challenges of being outsiders and enriched the diverse fabric of Norwegian society.
Author : Nuruddin Farah
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735214255
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book North of Dawn written by Nuruddin Farah and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist. For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he kills himself in a suicide attack. The couple reluctantly offers a haven to his family. But on arrival in Oslo, their daughter-in-law cloaks herself even more deeply in religion, while her children hunger for the freedoms of their new homeland, a rift that will have lifealtering consequences for the entire family. Set against the backdrop of real events, North of Dawn is a provocative, devastating story of love, loyalty, and national identity that asks whether it is ever possible to escape a legacy of violence—and if so, at what cost.
Author : Vigdis Hjorth
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788733134
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)
Download or read book Long Live the Post Horn! written by Vigdis Hjorth and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Believer Book Award for Fiction "A brilliant study of the mundane, full of unexpected detours and driving prose. Hjorth's novel ingeniously orbits the intimate stories that are possible only when a character has put words on paper and sent them through the post." – New York Times Book Review, “The Best Post Office Novel You Will Read Before the Election” "Vigdis Hjorth is one of my favorite contemporary writers." – Sheila Heti, author of Motherhood and How Should a Person Be? From the author of the 2019 National Book Award Longlisted Will and Testament Ellinor, a 35-year-old media consultant, has not been feeling herself; she's not been feeling much at all lately. Far beyond jaded, she picks through an old diary and fails to recognise the woman in its pages, seemingly as far away from the world around her as she's ever been. But when her coworker vanishes overnight, an unusual new task is dropped on her desk. Off she goes to meet the Norwegian Postal Workers Union, setting the ball rolling on a strange and transformative six months. This is an existential scream of a novel about loneliness (and the postal service!), written in Vigdis Hjorth's trademark spare, rhythmic and cutting style.
Author : Odd Sverre Lovoll
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0873519728
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Across the Deep Blue Sea written by Odd Sverre Lovoll and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Quebec, Montreal, and other port cities in Canada became the gateway for Norwegian emigrants to North America, replacing New York as the main destination from 1850 until the late 1860s. During those years, 94 percent of Norwegian emigrants landed in Canada. After the introduction of free trade, Norwegian sailing ships engaged in the lucrative timber trade between Canada and the British Isles. Ships carried timber one way across the Atlantic and emigrants on the way west. For the vast majority landing in Canadian port cities, Canada became a corridor to their final destinations in the Upper Midwest, primarily Wisconsin and Minnesota. Lovoll explains the establishment and failure of Norwegian colonies in Quebec Province and pays due attention to the tragic fate of the Gaspe settlement. A personal story of the emigrant experience passed down as family lore is retold here, supported by extensive research. The journey south and settlement in the Upper Midwest completes a highly human narrative of the travails, endurance, failures, and successes of people who sought a better life in a new land. Odd S. Lovoll, professor emeritus of history at St. Olaf College and recipient of the Fritt Ords Honnør for his work on Norwegian immigration, is the author of numerous books, including Norwegians on the Prairie and Norwegian Newspapers in America"--
Author : Ole Edvart Rølvaag
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Giants in the Earth written by Ole Edvart Rølvaag and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism on the boundless Dakota prairie, as a Norwegian-American immigrant family passed through Ellis Island and worked to eke out a living in America's midwest.
Author : Sampson Low
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books ... written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 902 pages
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Download or read book World Oil written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-05 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Massimiliano Bampi
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843845644
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre written by Massimiliano Bampi and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Marine News written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book The Petroleum Economist written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Clunies Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139492640
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga written by Margaret Clunies Ross and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
Author : Terje Spurkland
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843831860
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions written by Terje Spurkland and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents an accessible account of the Norwegian examples throughout the period of their use. The runic inscriptions are discussed not only from a linguistic point of view but also as sources of information on Norwegian history and culture". --BOOKJACKET.
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Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Shane Bryan
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843845970
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Discourse in Old Norse Literature written by Eric Shane Bryan and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.
Author : Siân E. Grønlie
Publisher : D. S. Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9781843844815
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (448 download)
Download or read book The Saint and the Saga Hero written by Siân E. Grønlie and published by D. S. Brewer. This book was released on 2017 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling argument that far from developing in a literary vacuum, saga literature interacts in lively, creative and critical ways with one of the central genres of the European middle ages.
Author : Angus A. Somerville
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 148757049X
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The Viking Age written by Angus A. Somerville and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking era is revealed through the remarkable range and variety of sources presented as well as the geographical and chronological coverage of the readings. The third edition has been reorganized into fifteen chapters. Many sources have been added, including material on gender and warrior women, and a completely new final chapter traces the continuing cultural influence of the Vikings to the present day. The use of visual material has been expanded, and updated maps illustrate historical developments throughout the Viking Age. The English translations of Norse texts, many of them new to this collection, are straightforward and easily accessible, while chapter introductions contextualize the readings.
