Their Fathers' God

RÃ lvaag, O. E.

ISBN 10: 0803289111 / ISBN 13: 9780803289116

Verlag: Bison Books, 1983

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0803289111I5N00

Inhaltsangabe:

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 to split their marriage.

Against a backdrop of hard times, crisscrossed by Populists, antimonopolists, and schemers, Rölvaag brings the struggle of immigrants into the twentieth century. InGiants in the Earth the Holm family strained to wrest a homestead from the land. InPeder Victorious the American-born children searched for a new national identity, often defying the traditions their parents fought to uphold. InTheir Fathers' God, Rölvaag's most soul-searching novel, the first-generation americans enter a world of ruthless competition in the midst of scarcity.

The University of Nebraska Press also publishes Peder Victorious and Paul Reigstad'sRölvaag: His Life and Art.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: Susie Doheny, an Irish Catholic, and Peder Horm, 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 tested by their fathers' God.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Their Fathers' God
Verlag: Bison Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1983
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket