The Saga of Gosta Berling | 
panGosta Berling is a pastor unfrocked because of his drunkenness but taken in by a major's wife to join a group of pensioned veterans she supports. They take over her property and business for a year, believing she is in league with the devil.
Either the book was soporific or I was too tired to appreciate it properly, but it was a struggle to get through, and I really can't see what makes the author deserving of a Nobel prize for literature.
"At long last the minister stood in the pulpit."
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I‘ve been moseying my way through a book of shorts that are written by some of the first Nobel Prize winners. I‘ve discovered some great authors, one of which is Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize of letters. After reading her short I decided to check out the novel that won her the prize. I‘m not going to lie, it‘s not an easy read and I question the reliability of the translation. The jury is still out.
so-soI still do not know what to make of this novel. The whole thing had a dreamy, unreal quality which left me with some vivid impressions, but little memory of the plot.
#1001books
"But these three--the long lake, the fertile plain, and the blue hills--formed one of the loveliest landscapes, and still do, just as today the people are still vigorous, courageous, and talented."
so-soGosta Berling is one of the cavaliers who form the central point of a Swedish community. Although not overwhelmed, I do think the story in the end made a complete whole (I am afraid this is not correct English, tI hope you'll know what I mean) about good and evil, about human values and friendship, all united in and around Gosta Berling. Moreover, the book gives a wonderful description of this part of Sweden. #1001books
On my list for this year as part of an awards reading challenge. I bought this at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath as part of a book spa 😎
#aprilbookshowers day 7: women in translation
In der dunklen Jahreszeit werden Klassiker gelesen. Die Ausgabe dee Anderen Bibliothek ist da gerade recht. Der Anfang ist schon recht vielversprechend!
pickSelma Lagerlöf is huge here in Sweden, everybody knows who she is and Gösta Berlings saga is a classic. The first sentence is well known here, a classic in itself :) She was the first woman to win the Nobel prize. How cool is that!? I love her writing, it is really beautiful ❤️ Have you read her?
