The Land of Dreams

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The Land of Dreams MINNESOTA TRILOGY The Land of Dreams Only the Dead The Ravens The Land of Dreams VIDAR SUNDSTØL Translated by TIINA NUNNALLY MINNESOTA TRILOGY 1 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad, Fiction and Nonfiction). Copyright 2008 by Tiden Norsk Forlag, Oslo, an imprint of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS. Originally published in Norwegian as Drømmenes land. English translation copyright 2013 by Tiina Nunnally All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Sundstøl, Vidar, 1963– [Drømmenes land. English] The land of dreams / Vidar Sundstol ; translated by Tiina Nunnally. (Minnesota Trilogy; 1) Translated from Norwegian to English. Originally published in Norwegian as Drømmenes land. ISBN 978-0-8166-8940-8 (hc) ISBN 978-0-8166-8941-5 (pb) 1. Sundstøl, Vidar, 1963–—Translations into English. I. Nunnally, Tiina, 1952– translator. II. Title. PT8952.29.U53D7613 2013 839.82'38—dc23 2013027215 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...