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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Swedish novelist Ola Larsmo's historical novel Swede Hollow follows a group of Swedish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century and their experiences trying to forge a life for their families in Swede Hollow, a collection of shacks in a wooded ravine on the edge of the emerging industrial city of St. Paul"--
Author
Publisher
HarperFestival
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her mother tells her that there is no time to put together a proper Swedish Christmas in America, Hanna longs to return to Sweden, but when her grandmother sends her a tomten, a magical and mischievous creature, Hanna learns to celebrate Christmas in a special way.
4) Insomnia
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
Norwegian
Description
Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engstrom travels to Northern Norway to solve a brutal murder. Unable to sleep through the night of the midnight sun, Engstrom quickly loses his grip on the case and his mind.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A young Swedish boy finds himself penniless and alone in California. He travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great push to the West. Driven back over and over again on his journey through vast expanses, Håkan meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre (travel narratives, the bildungsroman,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Swedish
Description
A boat filled with Swedish immigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm at the end of the 19th century. Lasse and his son Pelle find work on a farm, but are treated very poorly. Nonetheless, Pelle is determined to make a better life.
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