2025-01-05 — January Bokprat: The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen (Online)

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Dr. Maren Johnson, Luther College's Associate Professor of Nordic Studies and Torgerson Center for Nordic Studies Director, facilitates a monthly bokprat, discussing Scandinavian authors and Scandinavian life. Join us in January for a discussion of The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen.

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 borders—of cultures, of beliefs, and of political divides—as 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 northern lights, steeped in age-old rituals, and guided by passions that transcend place and time.

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Registrants should secure their own copy of the book (available through Vesterheim Museum Store soon!) and have read it prior to the discussion. Students will need to provide a computer, laptop, or tablet with a camera and mic as well as a fast, reliable internet connection.

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When registering for the class, please make sure to use the mailing and email addresses you'd like the Zoom meeting invitations sent to. You will receive links to the Zoom sessions by email sometime during the week prior to the class. If this class is a gift, please sign up with the recipient's mailing and email addresses or be prepared to forward all communications.

Enrollment Deadline: 

December 19, 2024 

Click here to learn more about instructor Dr. Maren Anderson Johnson.

Vesterheim’s Bokprat and Filmprat classes are supported in part by a generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund from Liz Platou and Aaron Schroeder.