Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Center
Feb. 5 1:00 - 2:00 pm
“East of the Sun and West of the Moon” is a Norwegian folk-tale that was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, first published in 1890.
Margi’s Minnesota Book Award winning West of the Moon weaves original fiction with myth and folktale to tell the story of Astri, a young Norwegian girl desperate to join her father in America. Inspired by Norwegian fairytales and the diary her great-great grandmother kept as she emigrated from Norway to America, West of the Moon will be the subject of Margi’s online presentation for the Livsreise Norwegian Heritage Center.
Livsreise (lifs-rye-sa) translates to “Life’s Journey.” It is a generational journey, encompassing not only the physical journey Norwegian emigrants traveled, but also the continued journey as generations embrace their Norwegian Heritage in Stoughton, Wisconsin and across the nation.