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Mugdi has chosen to translate Ole Edvart Rolvaag’s “Giants in the Earth” from the original Norwegian into Somali.

Rolvaag’s saga — published between 1924 and 1925 and the first in a trilogy — concerns a family of Norwegian pioneers in the Dakota Territory who struggle with Native Americans, forces of nature and their immigrant identity.

Willa Cather and Ole Rolvaag come to mind, as does Garrison Keillor.

“Giants in the Earth”, a novel by Ole Edvart Rolvaag, a Norwegian-American, describes Norwegian homesteaders’ hardscrabble life in today’s South Dakota, and was a great success both in America and back in Norway.

Rolvaag, Giants in the Earth Just as good earth and climate around Epernay, France, provide nature's ideal spot for nurturing champagne grapes, the Midwest's long growing season, heavy spring or summer rains and rich, two-foot-deep topsoil are perfect for grain cultivation.