Christmas in Scandinavia
Häftad bok.
Mycket gott skick. University of Nebraska Press. 1999. 182 s. Häftad. Skyddsomslag finns i mycket gott skick. Christmas In Scandinavia: This marvelous anthology collects 17 splendid tales by 19th- and 20th-century writers from the Scandinavian countries, Faroe Islands, and Finland. Nobel Prize winners Johannes V. Jensen and Selma Lagerl?f are represented, he by the bitterly ironic ``Christmas Peace,'' she by the inexplicably neglected ``Legend of the Christmas Roses,'' a limpidly written allegory worthy of Hawthorne. Other exceptional pieces include Hans Christian Andersen's moving fairy tale ``The Fir Tree'' (the only story here at all likely to be familiar to US readers), a powerful criticism of anti-Semitism in ``Advent in the Thirties'' by Eyvind Johnson (another Nobel laureate), and especially the Faroese William Heinesen's ``Born of a Maid,'' an unforgettable retelling of the birth of Christ, set in the North Atlantic during a hurricane. An indispensable collection and one of the most delightful fictional surprises of the year.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780803289802
- Titel
- Christmas in Scandinavia
- Författare
- Elbrond-Bek, Bo - Rossel, Sven H.
- Förlag
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
- Utgivningsår
- 1999
- Språk
- English
