Stolen

De: Ann-Helén Laestadius

Narrado por: Jade Wheeler

Duración: 13 h y 13 m

Resumen del Editor

Soon to be a major Netflix film

The international number one-bestseller

The international sensation: the story of a young Sámi girl's coming-of-age, and a powerful fable about family, identity and justice.

Nine-year-old Elsa lives just north of the Arctic Circle. She and her family are Sámi – Scandinavia’s indigenous people – and make their living herding reindeer.

One morning when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her reindeer calf, Nástegallu. Elsa recognises the man but refuses to tell anyone – least of all the Swedish police force – about what she saw. Instead, she carries her secret as a dark weight on her heart.

Elsa comes of age fighting two wars: one within her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place; and against the ever-escalating wave of prejudice and violence against the Sámi.

When Elsa finds herself the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her finally breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she’s been carrying since childhood come crashing over her like an avalanche, and will lead Elsa to a final catastrophic confrontation.

©2023 Ann-Helén Laestadius (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Stolen is an extraordinary novel. A coming-of-age-story you'll get lost in, about youth and heritage and the never-ending struggle to be allowed to exist. Although set in the coldest and most northern part of Scandinavia, I'm convinced it’s a universal story to be loved everywhere in the world." (Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove)

"Beautiful and devastating, Stolen shines a powerful and important light on the Sámi community and the growing challenges they face in a changing world." (Carole Johnstone, author of Mirrorland)

"Viscerally clear fiction of both the fractured, violent nature of the Sámi’s relationship with their Nordic occupiers and the coming of age of an innocent girl. Written with such cool clarity, Stolen is a perfect metaphor of our slippery grip on humanity and our tenuous relationship with the Earth." (Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers)