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portada Sjur Gabriel and Two Friends
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
300
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
19.8x12.9x1.6 cm
ISBN13
9781909408753

Sjur Gabriel and Two Friends

Skram, Amalie; Garton, Janet (Author) · Norvik Press · Paperback

Sjur Gabriel and Two Friends - Skram, Amalie; Garton, Janet

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Synopsis "Sjur Gabriel and Two Friends"

The peasant farmer Sjur Gabriel struggles to make a living on a rocky and windswept smallholding in southwestern Norway, battling not only the elements but also his wife Oline's intermittent alcoholism. The family lives in grinding poverty with no prospects of a better life for their children, until the birth of a late son, little Gabriel, brings joy and hope into the lives of all. It is a precarious hope, however, to set against ever-threatening ruin.Two Friends takes up the story of the family with the focus on Sivert, the grandson of Sjur Gabriel and Oline, who escapes from the shame of his grandmother's public drunkenness by going to sea as a cabin boy. Strong and quick-witted, he soon thrives on board, as the ship sails all the way to Jamaica; but his desire to impress leads him into subterfuges which become increasingly difficult to conceal.These two short novels by the Norwegian novelist Amalie Skram, both published in 1887, are minutely-observed depictions of a vanished way of life, a naturalistic presentation of a family's battle with their environment and inherited weaknesses reminiscent of Zola.

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