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Title

The Boat of Longing (Nora Solum translation) manuscript, 1933

Identifier

oer_manuscripts_29

Date

1933

Creator

Rølvaag, O. E. (Ole Edvart), 1876-1941

Description

In Norwegian, Længselens Baat (1921). This novel is the only one of Rølvaag’s novels in which a substantial portion of the action takes place in Norway. The Boat of Longing tells the story of a young immigrant’s life in Norway and in Minneapolis. The sections that take place in Norway are mystical and romantic, the sections that take place in urban America are harshly realistic. The novel emphasizes the relationship between art and cultural inheritance and points out that art does not easily thrive among the rootless and insecure. It is an indictment of an America that rejects and ignores the value and the very soul of the immigrant. It’s not strange that the story in this novel seems unfinished, for Rølvaag himself labeled it “Book One.” Unfortunately, he was never able to continue the story with a Book Two.

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Contributor

Solum, Nora O.

Rights

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Bibliographic Citation

[Indicate the cited item here]. O.E. Rølvaag Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.

Is Part Of

P0584

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584: Manuscripts, 1918-1933, undated)

O.E. Rølvaag Papers (P0584)