Winner of the Nadia Christensen Prize for translation from the American-Scandinavian Foundation In a masterful blend of fiction and autobiography, a Norwegian novelist sends her character to the far north to learn what she can about their Sami ancestry Inspired by Helene Uri?s own journey into her family?s ancestry, Clearing Out, an emotionally resonant novel by one of Norway?s most celebrated authors, tells two intertwining stories. A novelist, named Helene, is living in Oslo with her husband and children and contemplating her new protagonist, Ellinor Smidt?a language researcher, divorced and in her late thirties, with a doctorate but no steady job. An unexpected call from a distant relative reveals that Helene?s grandfather, Nicolai Nilsen, was the son of a coastal (sjø) Sami fisherman?something no one in her family ever talked about. Uncertain how to weave this new...
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