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Det er 1950-tallet, og reindriftsbarna Jon-Ante, Else-Maj, Nilsa, Marge og Anne-Risten er syv år gamle da de blir tatt fra familiene sine og tvunget til å gå på internatskole. Tryggheten byttes ut med en skremmende tilværelse der samisk er forbudt, joik er syndig, og husmoren straffer dem med ris. Foreldrene tør ikke å protestere, og om de forsøker blir de uansett ikke hørt av myndighetene.Tretti år senere har de fem reindriftsbarna valgt ulike veier for å overleve, eller i det minste prøve å fortrenge. Men så en dag er husmoren tilbake. Hun går der på gaten som om ingenting har skjedd. Og når de oppdager det, blir det tydelig at ingen av dem egentlig har glemt."Straff" er en fortelling basert på virkelige hendelser rundt en av den svenske statens største svik mot samene. Internatskolen har knust generasjoner og ført til tap av språk, skam og brutte familiebånd.

"On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa-daughter of Sâami reindeer herders-sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence. When her father takes her to report the crime, local police tell them that there is nothing they can do about these "stolen" animals. Killings like these are classified as theft in the reports that continue to pile up, uninvestigated. But reindeer are not just the Sâami's livelihood, they also hold spiritual significance; attacking a reindeer is an attack on the culture itself. Ten years later, hatred and threats against the Sâami keep escalating, and more reindeer are tortured and killed in Elsa's community. Finally, she's had enough and decides to push back on the apathetic police force. The hunter comes after her this time, leading to a catastrophic final confrontation. Based on real events, Ann-Helâen Laestadius's award-winning novel Stolen is part coming-of-age story, part love song to a disappearing natural world, and part electrifying countdown to a dramatic resolution--a searing depiction of a forgotten part of Sweden"--

Part coming-of-age novel, part sweeping family saga, and part love song to a disappearing natural world, Stolen is the internationally bestselling and award-winning debut novel about a young Sámi girl and her struggle to defend her family's reindeer herd and their traditional way of life?for readers of Katherena Vermette and Michelle Good.It is winter, north of the Arctic Circle. A few hours of pale light is all the sun has to offer before the landscape is once more enveloped in complete darkness. This is Sápmi, land of the Sámi, Scandinavia's Indigenous people. Nine-year-old Elsa is the daughter of Sámi reindeer herders. Her community is under constant threat?from the Swedish population who don't always value the Sámi way of life, from the government that wants to claim their land for mining, and from violent poachers who slaughter their reindeer for sport and for sale on the black market. One morning, when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her beloved reindeer calf. Elsa is terrified by what she sees. Fearing for her own life and for the lives of her family members, she remains silent. Ten years pass, and Elsa is now trying to claim a role for herself in her community, where male elders expect young women to know their place. Meanwhile, the hostility toward the Sámi continues to escalate, and the police won't do anything to protect them. When Elsa becomes the target of the man who killed her reindeer calf all those years ago, something inside of her breaks. The guilt, fear, and anger she's been carrying since childhood come crashing over her, leading to a final catastrophic confrontation. Told in three parts, Stolen is a powerful, propulsive, and cinematic novel about a courageous young Sámi woman struggling to defend her Indigenous heritage against the cruelty of the modern world for justice and for the future of her people.

Ni år gamle Elsa blir vitne til at en mann dreper reinkalven hennes. Hun trues til stillhet og blir smertefullt klar over at hennes opphav vekker et glødende hat. Trusselen mot Elsa forandrer henne for alltid og gjennom årene bærer hun med seg en del av et reinsdyrøre som en konstant påminnelse. Familien og slektningene kjemper for rettferdighet, men i det stille vokser en desperasjon. Stjålet er en varm, men samtidig sviende skildring av en glemt del av Sverige hvor mennesker blir satt mot hverandre. Der reinsdyr blir jaget og brutalt drept, uten at politiet etterforsker forbrytelsene. Der spenninger mellom samer og andre beboere forgifter generasjoner. Augustpris-vinneren Ann-Helén Laestadius' første roman for voksne er basert på virkelige hendelser.