{"product_id":"the-home-of-the-drowned","title":"The Home of the Drowned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery summer, Ingá, her mother Rávdná, and her Aunt Ánne travel west to their village on the lake. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the summer Ingá is thirteen, they arrive to find their home and possessions have disappeared under water, the land flooded by a dam built to supply hydropower to a society that has continually stolen from them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Home of the Drowned follows these women’s fortunes over forty years – from 1942 to 1982 – as the water their people have lived near for centuries is transformed into a menacing force that threatens all they hold dear. Defying the authorities, Rávdná decides to build a house on the lake to replace what was lost, becoming an unlikely activist. Meanwhile, Ánne’s health is in decline, and a concerned Ingá merely longs to live like everyone else – an impossible wish when the Swedish state is relentlessly drowning her world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElin Anna Labba’s debut novel brings Sámi history to the fore, revealing connections between land, water and people that hauntingly reverberate with the question: what is it that makes a home?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel'In this story of the struggle of a family of Sámi women... the great saga of humanity seems mystically encoded.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elin Anna Labba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58069187920259,"sku":"9781787305243","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/thehomeofthedrowned.png?v=1779108590","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/the-home-of-the-drowned","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}