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FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder and a minister's daughter in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle

In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister known as Mad Lasse tries in vain to convert the native Sámi reindeer herders to his faith. But when one of the most respected herders has a dramatic awakening and dedicates his life to the church, his impetuous son, Ivvár, is left to guard their diminishing herd alone. By chance, he meets Mad Lasse's daughter Willa, and their blossoming infatuation grows into something that ultimately crosses bordersof cultures, of beliefs, and of political dividesas Willa follows the herders on their arduous annual migration north to the sea.

Gorgeously written and sweeping in scope, Hanna Pylväinen''s The End of Drum-Time immerses readers in a world lit by the n

The End of DrumTime

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      Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc
      Published 24 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250822901
      978-1250822901
      ISBN-10 1250822904

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

      An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder and a minister's daughter in the nineteenth century Arctic Circle

      In 1851, at a remote village in the Scandinavian tundra, a Lutheran minister known as Mad Lasse tries in vain to convert the native Sámi reindeer herders to his faith. But when one of the most respected herders has a dramatic awakening and dedicates his life to the church, his impetuous son, Ivvár, is left to guard their diminishing herd alone. By chance, he meets Mad Lasse's daughter Willa, and their blossoming infatuation grows into something that ultimately crosses bordersof cultures, of beliefs, and of political dividesas Willa follows the herders on their arduous annual migration north to the sea.

      Gorgeously written and sweeping in scope, Hanna Pylväinen''s The End of Drum-Time immerses readers in a world lit by the n

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