I think part of the reason it stuck with me was the lure of the title ive always been drawn to the aurora borealis and the novels title, taken from a poem by marry. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and now clarissa is alone and adrift. Fleeing her fiance in ny, she travels north of the arctic circle, to lapland, in search of her real father and the mother who mysteriously abandoned her as a child. Let the northern lights erase your name the new yorker. Though it will be years until clarissa fully comprehends this statement, vida explores whether such a revision is, in fact, possible. This month the mc book club considers one womans search for her father, her mother and her own identity in let the northern lights erase your.
Let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida, ecco, 240 pp. The hunt for himand the resumption of a search for her motherlead clarissa to far. A sami shaman who turns out not to be her father tells her of the northern lights, we believe they are our ancestors. Vendela vida is the awardwinning author of five books including and now you can go, let the northern lights erase your name, and the lovers. Let the northern lights erase your name set in lapland. Having read it in one day, i consider it to be a quick read. The one person she feels she can trust, her fiance, pankaj, has just revealed a terrible and life. Let the northern lights erase your name ebook by vendela vida. Like recently, everything around me felt familiar yet amiss, like the first time you ride in the back seat of your own car. Let the northern lights erase your name is the story of clarissa iverson a twentynine year old who discovers, upon her fathers death, that everything she thought was true about her family is not. The book was first published on 2 january 2007 by ecco press.
Vendela vidas let the northern lights erase your name follows a sour but funny heroine through the snows of lapland, writes jenny diski. How would it have played out differently with a different setting. Let the northern lights erase your name welcome back. Let the northern lights erase your name is simply an incredibly welltold, wellconceived story. She is also the coeditor of always apprentices, a collection of interviews with writers, and confidence, or the appearance of confidence, a collection of interviews with musicians. Jan 14, 2007 like that novel, let the northern lights erase your name is deceptively slim and easy to read, its intricacy tucked into small phrases try to recognize me now and indelible images outside my. Vendela vida is the author of and now you can go and let the northern lights erase your name, both of which were new york times notable books of the year. The setting is in finland, but beyond that ill let you experience for yourself. Though it will be years until clarissa fully comprehends this statement.
Read let the northern lights erase your name a novel by vendela vida available from rakuten kobo. When i finished reading it, i remained in a state of awe. Vendela vidas let the northern lights erase your name has been on my toread list for quite some time now. Let the northern lights erase your name vendela vida paperback. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Mar 12, 2020 let the northern lights erase your name is simply an incredibly welltold, wellconceived story. With her new novel, the lovers, former kate chopin writing award winner vida tells a powerful and beautiful tale of a widow returning alone to the site of her honeymoon in turkey, and her subsequent journeys through her past. Let the northern lights erase your name plot summary imdb.
B0028n73b6 let the northern lights erase your name a novel p. More so perhaps because it is largely set in a part of the world which is rarely written about lapland. With let the northern lights erase your name, vida more than lives up to that promise as she gives us a remarkable protagonist who is both fierce and funny, and an unforgettable literary thriller that questions whether we can ever truly know where weve come fromand if it is possible to escape our pasts. Let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida books. In both books, learning the secret causes her to set off alone for distant locales without letting anyone know where shes going. On the day of her fathers funeral, twentyeightyearold clarissa iverton discovers that he wasnt her biological father after all. It is commonly supposed that people have to go somewhere other than. At the age of 28, clarissa inverton finds herself alone in. Let the northern lights erase your name is a novel written by vendela vida. A young womans sudden identity crisis propels her to the isolated reaches of lapland in vidas powerful second novel.
She received the 2007 kate chopin writing award and is a founding coeditor of the believer magazine and the editor of the believer book of writers talking to writers. Jan 02, 2008 vendela vida is the author of and now you can go and let the northern lights erase your name, both of which were new york times notable books of the year. Vendela vida discusses her powerful debut novel let the northern lights erase your name. Let the northern lights erase your name quotes showing 14 of 4 people pretend things didnt happen. Let the northern lights erase your name the book trail. The blond bus drivers name tag said ari, but he told me, the only passenger on the bus, that his name was. Vendela vida, let the northern lights erase your name. Lapland of course is the mythical land of the santa claus, north of the arctic circle and the story is set in finland, norway and finmark among the aboriginal sami tribe. The sami poet marry ailoniedia somby wrote the poem let the northern lights erase your name from which the book takes its title. Let the northern lights erase your name by vendela. Vendela vida, author of the lovers and let the northern. But if you think its a story about a girl finding herself then. Mar 03, 2007 let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida.
Let the northern lights erase your name is a book as lyrical in its content as its title. On the day of her fathers funeral, twentyeightyearold clarissa iverton discovers that he wasnt her biological fath. In both books, a heroine learns a dramatic family secret. Let the northern lights erase your name a novel book. Apr 14, 2007 let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida 238pp, atlantic. Excerpt from let the northern lights erase your name kcrw. Let the northern lights erase your name vendela vida ebook. Let the northern lights erase your name book by vendela vida. Let the northern lights erase your name vendela vida, author. Let the northern lights erase your name tries to be many things a thriller, a meditation on identity and language, a family romance gone wrong, a lapland travelogue. Let the northern lights erase your name book, 2007. Let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida. The author chose winter in lapland for the time and setting of her book.
Let the northern lights erase your name release info imdb. At the beginning of vendela vidas second novel, let the northern lights erase your name, clarissa ivertons mother informs her that she was named clarissa in order to rewrite history. The blond bus drivers name tag said ari, but he told me, the only passenger on the bus, that his name was kari. The last book i read was let the northern lights erase your name as an ebook from my local library. Whatever sense clarissa wins of her origins is just as brilliant, and as. Mar 12, 2020 vendela vida is the awardwinning author of four books, including let the northern lights erase your name and the lovers, and a founding editor of the believer magazine. Let the northern lights erase your name vendela vida e.
Feb 08, 2008 let the northern lights erase your name welcome back. Dec 31, 2006 a sami shaman who turns out not to be her father tells her of the northern lights, we believe they are our ancestors. Feb 29, 2008 let the northern lights erase your name is a book as lyrical in its content as its title. At the age of 28, clarissa inverton finds herself alone. A founding editor of the believer magazine, she lives in northern california with her husband and two children.
Aug, 2012 vendela vidas let the northern lights erase your name has been on my toread list for quite some time now. Let the northern lights erase your name is a moving pageturner that i enthusiastically recommend. Like that novel, let the northern lights erase your name is deceptively slim and easy to read, its intricacy tucked into small phrases try to recognize. For additional info about let the northern lights erase your name such as project notes, plot summary and industry news, visit imdbpro. Like recently, everything around me felt familiar yet amiss, like the first time you ride in. Published by user, years ago last night i began this book at 8. In 2007, vendela vidas novel let the northern lights erase your name was a new york times notable book of the year. There, under the magic of the northern lights, clarissa finds out a great deal some information she expected other she did not. Jan 12, 2007 let the northern lights erase your name by vendela vida, ecco, 240 pp. Oct, 2009 in 2007, vendela vidas novel let the northern lights erase your name was a new york times notable book of the year. Readers questions about let the northern lights erase your name. Im not sure what took me so long to get to it, or what source recommended the novel in the first place.
Let the northern lights erase your name cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Its suspenseful and beautifully written and so absorbing that i could not put it down. Upon his death, clarissa, now twentyeight, discovers he wasnt her father at all. Let the northern lights erase your name is kind of a coldclimate twin of the divers clothes lie empty. Vendela vida is the awardwinning author of four books, including let the northern lights erase your nameand the lovers, and a founding editor of the believer magazine. Vida has created of a 29yearold womans unexpected journey to north finland and into her own past is so quirky and original in its setting and twists, yet completely believable in its main characters superhuman attempt to. Lapland of course is the mythical land of the santa claus, north of the arctic circle. At the age of 28, clarissa inverton finds herself alone in the world. Excerpt from let the northern lights erase your name. Because this project is categorized as in development, the data is only available on imdbpro and is subject to change.
Olivia emerges rather unexpectedly from the middle of it all, a comic invention of real energy and scope. Vendela vida, author of the lovers and let the northern lights erase your name on the cold song. It is commonly supposed that people have to go somewhere other than where they habitually are in order to find. May the northern lights erase your name ground report. Release dates 0 also known as aka 0 release dates it looks like we dont have any release dates for this title yet. Vendela vida is the awardwinning author of four books, including let the northern lights erase your name and the lovers, and a founding editor of the believer magazine. Let the northern lights erase your name abandoned, a. Vendela vida quotes author of the divers clothes lie empty. Linn ullmanns the cold song is a haunting novel about all the ways we endeavor to love and be loved, and the many mistakes we can make while trying. The name tag belonged to his twin brother, for whom he was filling in would i please not tell anybody about that, he asked. A place most people havent visited but the real setting here is inside the mind of the protagonist a 20 year old who is on the search for her biological father. Let the northern lights erase your name quotes by vendela vida.
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