books by Kerstin Ekman

books by Kerstin Ekman

books:

Kerstin Ekman

Kerstin Ekman

Picador, 1999

Gorgeous landscape
Beware, because all Ekman's stories are situated in Swedish social environment, which is very different from any other. Her books are as cold and harsh as the climate in Scandinavia. I must go there sometime. Snip: (...)

The Forest of Hours

Kerstin Ekman

Random House UK, 1999

A sensitive portrayal of life and environment
This is an extraordinary work. Ekman tracks the centuries-long life of a troll, from his early years in the northern Scandinavian forest through his assimilation into human society. We see the hero move through a series of incarnations (from the perspective of human ...

Blackwater

Kerstin Ekman

Picador, 1996

Dark read for a dark and stormy night.
I have read and re-read this book about 5 times. Everytime I have re-read it, I find the characters more entangled and complex. It's a dark mystery, full of northern atmosphere, pine forests, cold water and cold weather. Once you start reading, its hard to put down ...

Witches' Rings (Series B (Norvik Press), No. 23.)

Kerstin Ekman

Norvik Press, 1997

Witches' rings not fairy rings
Just a note from the translator in reaction to the published customer review -- the "witches' rings" of the title are rings trampled in the grass by mating deer, and allude to the way people spend their lives running around in circles, unsure of what they want or how ...

The Angel House (Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature)
Kerstin Ekman, Sarah Death

Norvik Press, 2002

The Angel House is the third novel in the celebrated Swedish novelist Kerstin Ekman's popular quartet of novels she wrote between 1974 and 1983. The first two novels, Witches' Rings and The Spring, were published to excellent reviews and many readers have been looking forward to the next installment of this tale about the lives of working-class ...

Der Ruf des Raben.
Kerstin Ekman

Piper Verlag GmbH, 2005

Hiver des mensonges
Kerstin Ekman

Ecritures, 2002

On translation and being translated.(Currents): An article from: World Literature Today
Kerstin Ekman

University of Oklahoma, 2003

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