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Giants in the Earth
Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie | Ole Edvart Rolvaag
10 posts | 11 read | 8 to read
The classic story of a Norwegian pioneer family's struggles with the land and the elements of the Dakota Territory as they try to make a new life in America.
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Blueberry
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My Grandparents #farm in the northern woods.

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Loaned to me by a Kansas friend who has a love of Prairie Writers. I'll be seeing her later this autumn. Want to be able to return and discuss.

While the writing is a bit stilted at times, maybe because it's translated from Norwegian, it has some beautiful descriptions of the prairie. Also it's a much more realistic view of harsh realities of life in the Dakota territories. 🫖📖🤓

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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I really disliked The Poisonwood Bible. I‘d probably rewrite it about midpoint on. Since I can‘t do that, I avoid all her books. Most recently, I was disappointed in The Sworn Virgin. I‘d try to save it with a better ending if I could.

2. A year ago I answered a similar question with the tagged book, and it remains the same darned one. I recall slamming that sucker down. It still outrages me how it ended. Aargh!

Scochrane26 Kingsolver is one of my fave authors, & I loved Poisonwood Bible. I‘m still working on reading all her books, there‘s a few left on my tbr. It‘s interesting that we all have different reactions to books. 5y
TheSpineView Some books just seem to evoke strong emotions. 5y
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OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚 5y
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Blueberry
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1. Giants in the Earth tagged.
2. Church, bbq with family
3. I'm allergic to eggs.
4. Hilda Matilda, my grandmother's name 😊😆
5. Will do ❤
@nataliepatalie

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#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. Read my review 2 years ago & I said I wanted to throw this thing out the window. And while cleaning up books this weekend I related the same story to the kids. Damn, those Norwegians write mood books
2. Mostly pack leftovers from the night before
3. One of my expertises in law is cybersecurity. Embarrassing, when my phone went kaput because it had been hacked. Fine work counselor
4. Cinnamon or vanilla
5. Blue Sky🎸

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Blueberry
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#setnearwhereyoulive #riotgrams

I actually chose books from where I was born because I love northern Minnesota and there are already sooo many books set in the Californian Bay Area where I currently live.

Blueberry Gasp! I don't know how that sticker got in the middle of Iron Lake but I'm not going to redo the whole picture. Haha 7y
Texreader I couldn't put down Giants. Page turner. But I so didn't like how it ended so it got a thumbs down from me 7y
Blueberry @Texreader It's been a long time since I read this classic but I remember parts being hard to get through with one of the characters. 7y
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I don't usually get to the point where I want to throw a book across the room anymore. If I'm not feeling a book and it seems like I've given it a fair chance, I just bail on it. However, there were a few books I had to read for literature classes that I wanted to chuck. The first one that popped into my mind is Giants in the Earth. All I can say without spoiling anything is that I completely blame the ending for this. 😆#photoadaynov16

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A book about Norwegians 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 settling the vast open prairies of early America. This is a much darker version of the same subject as the Little House books. I didn't care for it, it had little action, but I found myself reading it compulsively until the end, at which point I wanted to throw the whole book out the window. This is a classic in Norway where I am led to understand many books are gloomy. #translatedbooks #somethingforsept

BekahB HAA! Your post made me laugh. I had the same reaction. This book was on my high school summer reading list for senior year. I felt the same way; not a lot of action, but I couldn't stop reading it for some reason. Then that ending happened. I thought, "REALLY?!" I've always wanted to try reading it again. ? 8y
Texreader @BekahB I loved your post. Your reaction at the end was the same as mine! I may have said the same thing or something like "HONESTLY?!!" And then a long talk with my Norwegian hubby, like "what is wrong with you people?!!" 8y
Gulfsidemusing This has been on my 'to read' list for years! I've heard there isn't a lot of action, but you and @BekahB have made me even more curious😀 8y
Texreader @Lakesidemusing I have no idea what made it so compelling unless it was just good writing. As for the story...well you saw our comments. 😉 8y
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