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Giants in the Earth

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Giants in the Earth
portrayal of man’s struggle with the stubborn earth. [Am. Lit.: Giants in the Earth, Magill I, 303–304]
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99 British readers may not be very familiar with Giants in the Earth, a novel of Norwegian emigration to the US by Ole Rolvaag, but I am - I read it in eighth grade - and I bet Siri Hustvedt is, too.
Turn to Genesis 64 v:4: 'There were giants in the earth in those days.
Rolvag's Giants in the Earth and Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky.
 
 
 
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