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The End of Drum-Time

by Hanna Pylväinen

National Book Award for Fiction · 2023 · Shortlist
Henry Holthistorical-fiction

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National Book Award for FictionFiction2023Shortlist

About This Book

In nineteenth-century Lapland, a Swedish-speaking Lutheran minister arrives to bring Christianity to the Sámi reindeer herders. His daughter falls in love with a herder, and the ensuing conflict between Christianity and Sámi traditional religion tears the community apart. A beautifully researched debut novel about colonialism and faith.

About the Author

Hanna PylväinenAmerican

Hanna Pylväinen is an American novelist of Finnish descent born in 1982. Her debut novel We Sinners (2012) drew on her experience growing up in a Finnish-American religious community. The End of Drum-Time (2023) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Read more →

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