Pure Gold

"Pure Gold" is a haunting exploration of human avarice and the corrosive power of greed within the lives of a hardworking immigrant couple. Set in the fertile plains of Minnesota, Ole Edvart Rolvaag's novel follows Louis and Lizzie Houglum, whose initial dreams of simple prosperity transform into a devastating obsession with accumulating wealth. What begins as a modest desire for financial security spirals into a dark, psychological study of two people consumed by the physical presence of g...