В книгу включены три повести скандинавских писателей: Германа Банга (Дания) «У дороги», Вильхельма Муберга (Швеция) «Мужняя жена» и Терье Стигена (Норвегия) «На пути к границе».
Роман «Ночной гонец» вышел в свет в 1941 году, в грозные дни фашистского нашествия. Исторический роман, повествующий о событиях 1650 года — периоде борьбы шведского крестьянства против угрозы крепостничества, ассоциируется с исторической обстановкой, сложившейся в Европе в годы второй мировой войны. Он был запрещен в гитлеровской Германии, так как показывает и борцов за свободу, и угнетателей, несущих народу рабство, и трусов, и предателей, и палачей.
This title introduces Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their 3 young children, and 11 others who make up a resolute party of Swedes fleeing the poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression of Smaland in 1850.
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These new editions contain...
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These new editions contain...
Considered one of Sweden's greatest 20th-century writers, Vilhelm Moberg created Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson to portray the joys and tragedies of daily life for early Swedish pioneers in America. His consistently faithful depiction of these humble people's lives is a major strength of the Emigrant Novels. Moberg's extensive research in the papers of Swedish emigrants in archival collections, including the Minnesota Historical Society, enabled him to incorporate many details of pioneer life. First published between 1949 and 1959 in Swedish, these four books were considered a single work by Moberg, who intended that they be read as documentary novels. These new editions contain...
Действие повести развертывается в конце XVIII века в Вэренде — таково старинное название одной из южных областей Швеции, жители которой, вирды, издавна славились смелостью, стойкостью, свободолюбием.