Giants in the Earth (novel)
Giants in the Earth (Norwegian: Verdens Grøde) is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Rølvaag. First published in Norwegian as two books in 1924 and 1925, the English edition was translated by Rølvaag and author Lincoln Colcord (1883–1947), each of whom also wrote prefatory matter.[1][2]
Part of a trilogy, the novel follows 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. The book is based partly on Rølvaag's personal experiences as a settler, and on the experiences of his wife’s family who had been immigrant homesteaders. The novel depicts snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land.[3][4]
Giants in the Earth was turned into an opera of the same name by Douglas Moore and Arnold Sundgaard; it won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1951.[5]
References
- ↑ Ole Edvart Rølvaag; Lincoln Colcord (August 2005). "Giants in the Earth (full text)". gutenberg.net.au. Project Gutenberg Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Lincoln Colcord - Store norske leksikon". Snl.no. 2009-02-14. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ Ole Edvart Rølvaag; Lincoln Colcord (1929). Vernon Louis Parrington, ed. Giants in the Earth (Text ed.). Harper and Brothers.
- ↑ Vernon Louis Parrington. "Editor's introduction to the text edition of Giants in the Earth. Copyright 1929 by Harper and Brothers.". xroads.virginia.edu. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "The Pulitzer Prizes - Music". www.pulitzer.org. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
1951: Music in "Giants in the Earth" by Douglas S. Moore Produced by Columbia Opera Workshop, March 28, 1951.