ABSTRACT

The narrative in Ilmmiid gaskkas (2013), In Between Worlds (2016), written by Sami author Máret Ánne Sara, contains parallel stories and highlights an imbalance between our world on Earth and that of our neighbours, the ulda-people in the underworld. In the human world, the fight for land is an essential part of the narrative, and contamination and construction work in this world lead to environmental devastation for the ulda-people in the underworld. The protagonists, siblings Sanne and Lemme, start in the human world and end up in the underworld, in a struggle to survive.