Swede Hollow: A Novel. Ola Larsmo, Tiina Nunnally

Swede Hollow: A Novel


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  • Swede Hollow: A Novel
  • Ola Larsmo, Tiina Nunnally
  • Page: 312
  • Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
  • ISBN: 9781517904517
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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A riveting family saga immersed in the gritty, dark side of Swedish immigrant life in America in the early twentieth century When Gustaf and Anna Klar and their three children leave Sweden for New York in 1897, they take with them a terrible secret and a longing for a new life. But their dream of starting over is nearly crushed at the outset: a fire devastates Ellis Island just as they arrive, and then the relentlessly harsh conditions and lack of work in the city make it impossible for Gustaf to support his family. An unexpected gift allows the Klars to make one more desperate move, this time to the Midwest and a place called Swede Hollow. Their new home is a cluster of rough-hewn shacks in a deep, wooded ravine on the edge of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Irish, Italian, and Swedish immigrants who live here are a hardscrabble lot usually absent from the familiar stories of Swedish American history. The men hire on as poorly paid day laborers for the Great Northern or Northern Pacific railroads or work at the nearby brewery, and the women clean houses, work at laundries, or sew clothing in stifling factories. Outsiders malign Swede Hollow as unsanitary and rife with disease, but the Klar family and their neighbors persevere in this neglected corner of the city—and consider it home. Extensively researched and beautifully written, Ola Larsmo’s award-winning novel vividly portrays a family and a community determined to survive. There are hardships, indignities, accidents, and harrowing encounters, but also acts of loyalty and kindness and moments of joy. This haunting story of a real place echoes the larger challenges of immigration in the twentieth century and today.

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Black and white photograph of Swede Hollow, ca. barebones place bisected by a spring-water creek and teeming with single-story houses. Swede Hollow — University of Minnesota Press
Ola Larsmo is a critic and columnist for Sweden's largest newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, and the author of nine novels and several collections of short stories and essays. Swede Hollow is a moving, at times harrowing, always convincing novel on a truly epic scale. Ola Larsmo's Swede Hollow sold to the US – Nordin Agency
We're very excited to announce that US English rights to Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo have been acquired by the University of Minnesota  SWEDE HOLLOW – Nordin Agency
Swede Hollow is a poetic tale of escape and rebuilding. It is a striking story about a family desperate enough to ee across an ocean, something millions of 



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