The Growth of the Soil (Paperback)

from lschiff

This is an incredible novel, unlike anything I've ever read before. The character development is so powerful; you feel as though you are inhabiting the characters yourself.

from maryreinert

I read this years ago and remembered it as being outstanding. Tried it again just to see if my memory or my tastes had changed. Not at all! This is a beautifully written story that transends time or place. At first glance one wonders how the story of Norwegian peasants in the 19th century can be ...

from wunderkind

I have no idea how to describe this book: it seems like it should be the most boring story ever (man walks until he finds good land, man builds farm, man marries woman, man and woman have kids, and all of this without saying anything more than necessary), but it's absolutely engrossing and inspir...

from Ganeshaka

There's so much to like about this novel, but first you have to get past the title. Come on now - who browses a book about "growth" and "the soil"? An agricultural nerd at an Iowa community college? Think if "Gone With the Wind" had been called "The Politics of Cotton Farming"? We would be, like,...

from Ganeshaka

There's so much to like about this novel, but first you have to get past the title. Come on now - who browses a book about "growth" and "the soil"? An agricultural nerd at an Iowa community college? Think if "Gone With the Wind" had been called "The Politics of Cotton Farming"? We would be, like,...