About this title: Set in 14th-century Greenland, THE GREENLANDERS tells the story of the Gunnarsson family: rebellious daughter Margret and ever-questing son Gunnar. In this exhaustively researched epic novel of hardship and human frailty, Jane Smiley delves deeply into Greenland history, customs, and culture, while also providing a stirring human drama.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ivy Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780804104531ISBN:0804104530
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. General paperback wear, pages are unmarked. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Spine is smooth. Covers show some wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages Tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Fontana
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780006177937ISBN:000617793X
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No DJ Issued Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some minor edge wear and some creasing at the spine. Stamp inside front cover and on first page. Otherwise pages are a bit age toned with no creases. xiii, 582p. read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ivy Books, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780804104531ISBN:0804104530
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Front hinge feels loose. Pen mark to bottom page edge. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ivy Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780804104531ISBN:0804104530
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-Library copy with usual library markings. Cover worn, otherwise book is tight and in good condition. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1988-03-12
ISBN-13:9780394551203ISBN:0394551206
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. VG/G, First Edition, dust jacket has several large open tears to the back panel, front panel very presentable, interior clean, binding tight. read more
Description: Good. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
"This book went on and on and on--which I usually hate. But instead I loved spooling along with the generations of story. Several scenes still stand out in my memory, like the mother who watches her blonde children frolic on a sunny hill and wonders if God will punish her for loving them so much."
"The gloomiest novel I've read since the Middle Ages but nonetheless engrossing and engaging. Smiley portrays individuals as unconscious actors in the collapse of a society -- the Norwegian settlement in SW Greenland around 1400. The story of that collapse was better told by Jared Diamond in "Collapse," but what's fascinating here is how individual decisions determine and are determined by history. There are far too many characters to get to know, and their names are far too long, but some of the many human dramas are moving."
"This books was captivating in a way that caught me off guard. First of all, it's written in a prose style very different from other novels, but which feels entirely natural for the subject matter. It reads like history, a true Scandinavian family saga. But if you don't enjoy history for history's sake, you might not like the book. It doesn't have a traditional story arc, and didn't exactly keep me riveted to the pages. It can be somewhat ponderous and dense. But overall, I enjoyed sliding into its idiosyncratic rhythm, slowing down, and experiencing a different kind of novel."
"You might think that the story of the Norwegian immigrants to Greenland would be depressing and boring. But Jane Smiley brings them vividly to life! A great historical novel."
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