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Vilhelm Moberg and
Gudrun Brunot (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Pr
Publication date
February 15, 2014
Pages
169
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780873519205
ISBN-10
0873519205
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Original list price
$18.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
A History Of The Swedish People | A History Of The Swedish People | Letters from the Promised Land | The Last Letter Home | The Settlers | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared | When I Was a Child | The Emigrants | Unto a Good Land
A History Of The Swedish People | A History Of The Swedish People | Letters from the Promised Land | The Last Letter Home | The Settlers | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared | When I Was a Child | The Emigrants | Unto a Good Land
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For centuries, people have celebrated every Midsummer's Eve at an ancient spring near a small Swedish village. On that special night, when unmarried men and women dance and some unusual activities are permitted, the Bridal Spring has special powers.
Vilhelm Moberg introduces four musicians on the last day that each one will ever know: a curmudgeonly fiddler from the 1930s, a sad and conscientious key-harp player from the plague era of 1711, a ne'er-do-well who plays the flute in 1545, and a goat-horn blower from prehistoric times who, like the others, only seeks happiness with a woman. Binding their stories together is the voice of the Bridal Spring itself, tart and grudgingly compassionateâand slow to reveal its secret.
Each progression backward in time reflects Moberg's rich knowledge of folklore and shows the changes in everyday life in Sweden's past. First published in 1946, before the Emigrants novels, The Brides of Midsummer is a complex, compelling journey through the arc of human life.
Vilhelm Moberg introduces four musicians on the last day that each one will ever know: a curmudgeonly fiddler from the 1930s, a sad and conscientious key-harp player from the plague era of 1711, a ne'er-do-well who plays the flute in 1545, and a goat-horn blower from prehistoric times who, like the others, only seeks happiness with a woman. Binding their stories together is the voice of the Bridal Spring itself, tart and grudgingly compassionateâand slow to reveal its secret.
Each progression backward in time reflects Moberg's rich knowledge of folklore and shows the changes in everyday life in Sweden's past. First published in 1946, before the Emigrants novels, The Brides of Midsummer is a complex, compelling journey through the arc of human life.
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Paperback
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With Gudrun Brunot (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Minnesota Historical Society Pr (February 15, 2014)
9780873519205 | details & prices | 169 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $18.95
About: For centuries, people have celebrated every Midsummer's Eve at an ancient spring near a small Swedish village.
About: For centuries, people have celebrated every Midsummer's Eve at an ancient spring near a small Swedish village.
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