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A Very Scandinavian Christmas: The Greatest Nordic Holiday Stories of All Time

✍ Scribed by Hans Christian Andersen, Hjalmar Söderberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, August Strindberg, Johan Krohn, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Hans Aanrud, Vigdis Hjorth, O. E. Rölvaag, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe, Zachris Topelius

Book ID: 110670745
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Weight: 4 MB
Series: Very Christmas
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781939931795
ASIN: B07NZVX665

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✦ Synopsis

A smorgasbord of Christmas stories by writers from Hans Christian Andersen to August Strindberg to Karl Ove Knausgaard.

This collection brings together the best Scandinavian holiday stories, including classics by Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark; Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg and Hjalmar Söderberg of Sweden; as well as the popular contemporary Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard. These Nordic tales—coming from the very region where so much of traditional Christmas imagery originates—convey a festive and contemplative spirit laden with lingonberries, elks, gnomes, Sami trolls, candles, church spires, gingerbread, and aquavit in abundance. These unexpected literary gifts are sure to provide plenty of pleasure and hygge, that specifically Scandinavian blend of coziness and contentment.

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