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In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun

Titel: In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun : Contemporary Sami Prose and Poetry
Samenstelling Harald Gaski
Uitgever: Davvi Girji o.s., 1996
ISBN10: 8273743098

Flaptekst / Beschrijving

This is the first extensive anthology of contemporary Sami literature in English. The Sami are the indigenous people inhabiting Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s Kola Peninsula. Twenty-one authors from all four countries are represented with poetry, short stories and excerpts from novels. Many of the authors are award-winners, and some have been included in Nordic and international collections.

The readers will be introduced to a variety of themes and experiences, from wolves attacking a reindeer herd to river boat rafting and the making of a shaman drum, from the most tender love poems in Arctic surroundings to the bitter realities in the everyday life of a suppressed minority. The texts reflect Sami resilience and selfhood, and express the Sami’s own perspective on their struggle to preserve traditional values in modem society. The anthology is edited by the Sami scholar Harald Gaski of the University of Tromsö. It includes a comprehensive introduction, intended to provide the reader with background on Sami literary history and to place each text in a context.

Ever since the world’s various indigenous peoples began turning their efforts to cooperative endeavors in the 1970s, the Sami have participated actively in the struggle to make these peoples’ and their own voice heard. In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun is the Sami vocal in this international chorus.

Contents:

Introduction
Inger-Mari Aikio: So Fed Up with This Life
Matti Aikio: Rafting Down the Tana River
Inger Haldis Ápmir (Halvari): Little Lake, Hear Me!
Ailo Gaup: The Night Between the Days
Eino Guttorm: On Bloodied Paths
Stig Gælok: They Don’t Know Our Songs
John Gustavsen: The War is over
Hans Aslak Guttorm: Wintering Night
Anders Larsen: The Day Is Dawning
Rauni Magga Lukkari: I Row Across My River
Kirsti Paltto: Looking Back
Synnøve Persen: Along a Windless Path
Marry A. Somby: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
Johan Turi: Songs of the Sami
John E. Utsi: The Waves
Paulus Utsi: As Long As We Have Waters
Nils Aslak Valkeapää: The Circle of Life
Ellen Marie Vars: Boarding School
Jovnna-Ande Vest: The Cloudberry Trip
Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr: Palimpsest
Oktyabrina Voronova: Our Life

Notes on the translators