In Cod We Trust: Living The Norwegian Dream (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
An enjoyable book.Eric Dregni wins a Fulbright Fellowship to study for a year in Trondheim Norway. Taking his pregnant wife along for the ride, Dregni researches his Norwegian ancestry, meets long lost relatives, and recounts it all in a humorous travelogue. One discovery is that Lutefisk enjoys the same place in Norwegian society in Norway as in Minnesota. A few folks are devoted Lutefisk enthusiasts and everyone else spends the year dreading the one annual and unavoidable Christmas meal of the gelatinous fish dish. Interestingly, the lutefisk devotees chalk all bad eating experiences to improper perpetration. I have heard that before right here in Minnesota. Not particularly good wordplay but Dregni does do a nice, brave job of sharing his general experience as an American living in Trondheim. Having lived there myself years ago, I did enjoy both revisiting via the description of a familiar venue as well as the insight he provided about certain details. I definitely learned things through which I might reframe my own experience, which can be valuable. Fascinated by tidbits about local dialect, Trondersk --so different from standard Norwegian.
What do You think about In Cod We Trust: Living The Norwegian Dream (2008)?
By the end of the book the authorial voice had grown on me. His humor and observations are subtle.
—Keith
So disappointed , I had high hopes for this one.
—ejaz
