Aednan: An Epic
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Aednan: An EpicAednan: An Epic In Northern Sami, the word ? dnan means the land, the ground, the earth. In this majestic verse novel, Linnea Axelsson chronicles the fates of two Indigenous Sami families, telling of their struggle and persistence over a century of colonial displacement, loss and resistance. It begins with Ristin and Ber Jona, who are trying to care for their troubled young sons while migrating their reindeer herd in northernmost Scandinavia during

Aednan: An Epic

In Northern Sami, the word ?dnan means the land, the ground, the earth. In this majestic verse novel, Linnea Axelsson chronicles the fates of two Indigenous Sami families, telling of their struggle and persistence over a century of colonial displacement, loss and resistance.It begins with Ristin and Ber-Jona, who are trying to care for their troubled young sons while migrating their reindeer herd in northernmost Scandinavia during the 1910s. The coming of the Swedes brings new borders that lay waste to Sami customs and migration paths - and mean devastating separation for this family.In the 1970s, Lise grapples with how she was forced to adapt to Swedish society, haunted by her time in a 'nomad school' where she was deprived of her ancestors' language and history. Lise's daughter, Sandra, seeks to reclaim that heritage, becoming an activist struggling for reparations from the Swedish state.As one generation succeeds another, their voices interweave and form a spellbinding hymn to lands and traditions lost and reclaimed. Written in sparse, glittering verse that flows like a current,??dnan is a profound and moving epic of Sami life.

'Crystalline... reads like poetry and myth at once. There are intricate layers of beauty and meaning here in sparse clusters across a vast new landscape as I've never read before. The music of this book is old, and it is new, and it is old' - Tommy Orange, author of 'There, There'

'Vividly captures the plight of the Sami people... Lyrical and ambitious... ?dnan contains echoes of epic poems and Norse sagas but also feels contemporary and accessible... bold and original' - Guardian

'Remarkable... Like the best epics, Aednan is a story not just of a people but also of people, full of sonorous power yet shot through with an undeniable intimacy... Extraordinary' - Washington Post

'Moves as gracefully as a waterfall... This unique novel beautifully conjures losses and transitions within the flickering shadows of language' - Irish Times

'A sharp-edged tale in verse of colonial suppression, resistance, and survival' - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

'Incredibly beautiful and magnificent... With ?dnan, Swedish literature has been enriched' - Dagens Nyheter

'Not only a linguistic adventure, innovative and rooted in both traditions and renewal, but also a statement that we are bigger and freer than the borders that shut us out from each other... Remarkable and magnificent' - Norrtelje Tidning

'Eagerly as with any page-turner, I rush through the century that Axelsson's poem encompasses' - Svenska Dagbladet

'A work that is unlike anything else in contemporary Swedish literature. It is a family chronicle, a political history, an indictment - in verse, albeit a free one. An epic, quite simply... Axelsson boldly writes herself into a time-honoured tradition' - Sydsvenskan

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Linnea Axelsson - Линнеа Аксельссон

Publisher:Pushkin Press

Language:English

Publication Date:2024

Number of pages:432 pst

Format:Hardcover

Width:135 mm / 5,3'

Height:216 mm / 8,5'

Weight:480 g

ISBN:9781805331315

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