| Smile of the Midsummer Night: A Picture of Sweden Contributor(s): Gustafsson, Lars (Author), Blomqvist, Agneta (Author), Bragan-Turner, Deborah (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1909961043 ISBN-13: 9781909961043 Publisher: Haus Pub. OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - Scandinavia (finland, Norway, Sweden) |
| Dewey: 914 |
| Series: Haus Publishing - Armchair Traveller |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 6.5" (0.40 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Smile of the Midsummer Night, best-selling author Lars Gustafsson and Agneta Blomqvist present a very personal guide to their Swedish homeland. Setting off from the far South, their journey takes them up to Norrland, from the farms of Scania to Laponian, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But it is the idyllic fjord in Bohul n, located in the V stmanland region, as well as M lar Lake and Stockholm that they call home. Throughout, Gustafsson and Blomqvist are full of entertaining suggestions for excursions, including journeys through forests and moors where you can take in the odd elk or wolf along the way and visits to August Strindberg's and Kurt Tucholsky's graves. The first work of contemporary travel writing about Sweden by Swedish writers to have been translated into English, Smile of the Midsummer Night is a loving and poetic ode to this beautiful nation and a must-have for anyone interested in Scandinavia. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blomqvist, Agneta: - Agneta Blomqvist is a teacher of religion and literature.Gustafsson, Lars: - Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden's most eminent authors. His award-winning works have been translated into fifteen languages.Bragan-Turner, Deborah: - Deborah Bragen-Turner is the translator of Anne Sward's Breathless and P. O. Enquist's The Wandering Pine. |