Tales of the Night6 reviews Peter Hoeg Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 A perfect union of passions, contents and narrative form! + "Tales" worth telling + Bridges built out of yearning. + Lessons in Love             Smilla's Sense of Snow178 reviews Peter Hoeg Delta, 1995 snow flurries..... + Wonderfully creative thriller with beautifully written prose + Smilla's sense of snow - by Peter Hoeg + Very good... until the end + Not Free SF Reader             Hanna's Daughters: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)58 reviews Marianne Fredriksson Ballantine Books, 1999 A Woman's Legacy + Perceptive generational saga This book is a bit difficult at first to get into. The beginning is a bit jumpy and some of the characters share the same name making it at times confusing. With all that said, stick it out and you can't help but enjoy seeing the legacy a women can leave. Although it is rooted in Scandinavian ...             Agnes Cecilia2 reviews Maria Gripe Harpercollins, 1990 Excelente + A very mysterious book! Este libro trata de una niña (Nora) a la que se le mueren los padres y se va a vivir con la tia de su papa que es la mas joven, ella tiene un hijo que se llama Dag con el que vive varias aventuras mientras que el la ayuda a descubrir quién y por que se estan comunicando con ella desde el pasado. ...             The Year of the Hare11 reviews Arto Paasilinna Peter Owen Ltd, 2006 Very important piece of literature + "Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction" + Witty and sarcastic! + Delightful!!             Jerusalem Selma Lagerlöf BiblioBazaar, 2007 As yet the only woman winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature is the Swedish author of this book.             Moominpappa at Sea (Moomintrolls)16 reviews Tove Jansson Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1993 Tove Jansson's guide to the family + One of the best Moomin books (for adults!) + Exquisite + One of My Favourite Childhood Books + Magical Moomins             April Witch : A Novel16 reviews Majgull Axelsson, 2002 A Story to stumble across!!! + The Bookschlepper Recommends + a moving story with a good balance of hard reality and magic Read in the summer of 2003. I remember because I sat on my porch, drinking coffee and reading... until the porch light had to come on and then I switched to wine. I almost finished this in a weekend! Desiree was abandoned at birth, a hideous child of disfigurement and riddled with birth defects ...             Unto a Good Land (The Emigrants, Book II)4 reviews Vilhelm Moberg Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995 An excellent sequel + Unto a Good Land - Vilhelm Moberg + THE SWEDISH OCCUPATION OF MINNESOTA... + Immigrantion , only 800,000 per year is allowed.             Who Will Comfort Toffle?: A Tale of Moomin Valley4 reviews Tove Jansson Sort of Books, 2003 My favourite story + Miniature Magic + One of my earliest memories + Wistfully beautiful story of adversity overcome             Emigrants: The Emigrant Novels Book 1 (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 1)23 reviews Vilhelm Moberg Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995 A masterpiece... + HISTORICAL FICTION ABOUT 19TH CENTURY SWEDISH EMIGRATION... + Apropos of Today + A great read             Last Letter Home: The Emigrant Novels Book 4 (The Emigrant Novels / Vilhelm Moberg, Book 4)5 reviews Vilhelm Moberg Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995 NOW AMERICANS... + The Last Letter Home - Vilhelm Moberg + Loved this book + One of the best novels that has been translated into English + A touching finale             The Summer Book9 reviews Tove Jansson Sort of Books, 2003 Beauty in simplicity + Simply written, great characters, and a great snapshot of Scandanavian life + Insular Sorrow + Summer's perfect pace + I wish I owned a copy so I could read it over and over again             The Brothers Lionheart52 reviews Astrid Lindgren, Jill Morgan Purple House Press, 2004 The mysterious beyond + One of the most tender stories ever... + beautiful book 30 years ago as well as now What happens when I die? Will I be all alone? Where will mom and dad be when I die? Will they be sad? What will happen to me after I die? These are questions children wonder about. When my daughter was about 5-6 years old she kept talking about "the mysterious beyond" where you go after you die. We ...             Popular Music from Vittula13 reviews Mikael Niemi Seven Stories Press, 2004 Spectacular + Three-and-a-half stars, really. + Like life on a wintery sort of Mars + growing up as a huckleberry Finn + Episodic Swedish Coming-of-Age Story             Settlers: The Emigrant Novels Book 3 (The Emigrant Novels, Book 3)6 reviews Vilhelm Moberg Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995 THE SWEDISH STATE OF MINNESOTA... + One of a very fine collection of books + The Settlers - Vilhelm Moberg + The continuation of a great series of novels + Excellent             Out of Africa (Penguin Modern Classics)2 reviews Karen Blixen, Isak Dinesen Penguin Classics, 2001 Wonderfull book that gives a picture of a strong woman Karen Blixen (Isac Dinesen) is one of Denmarks best writers. Out of Africa is her main book that tells the story of her life in Africa. Read the book it is much more than the loveaffair with Dennys Finck-Hatton (Out of Africa with R. Redford and M. Streep) The book gives a wonderfull picture of ...             Marcus und Eneides. Marianne Fredriksson Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt, 2003             The Wonderful Adventures of Nils9 reviews Selma Lagerlöf Hard Press, 2006 I read it as a kid, and want to share it with my own + A Wonderful Journey + Exciting and good message + Amazing book             Smilla's Sense of Snow178 reviews Peter Hoeg Delta, 1995 snow flurries..... + Wonderfully creative thriller with beautifully written prose + Smilla's sense of snow - by Peter Hoeg + Very good... until the end + Not Free SF Reader