Lowenskold Ring (Norvic Press Series a)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1870041143 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 125 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-05 |
| Language | : | Swedish |
DESCRIPTION:
But with little of the descriptive sense that marks an historical work like Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter , this first installment of Lagerlof's trilogy is less a Scandinavian epic than a rather exotic ghost story. The ring, of course, is accursed, bringing the dead general's wrath upon both guilty and unwitting possessors alike until one woman's selfless love breaks the cycle. Like her Norwegian contemporary Sigrid Undset, Lagerlof returned to the Scandinavian past for her subjects but she also indulged in a taste for the fabulous. In due course, "Big Bengt" is interred with his trinket, but barely is he in the grave when the ring is taken for "safekeeping" by a local farmer, thereby setting the stage for the Nobel laureate's 1925 novel of long
A Teenager's Fairy Tale This is the first book I have read by the Nobel Prize-winning author, Selma Lagerlof. I found the book to be very easy and enjoyable reading and I look forward to reading more by this author. The problem for me with "The Lowenskold Ring" (a/k/a "The General's Ring") is that it was too brief.. Selma Lagerlof's elegant simplicity Not many people read Selma Lagerlof any more, which is a pity - she won the Nobel Prize, after all. And if you read the "Ring" you'll understand why. Most of her books are aimed at least ostensibly at children; the "Ring" is one of her "adult" books, but like the children's books it has the . Simple and interesting A Swedish fairy with layers of creativity. A simple and interesting middle-age fantasy story about a ring that inflicts evil upon it's holder until it is restored to it's proper owner. A closer look reveals deeper questions about loyalty, appearances, and morality.
By the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, an historical tale set in eighteenth century Sweden, in which the action is dominated by a mysterious ring which seems to blight the lives of those who own it. ""An immensely sensitive translation, which achieves both the deceptive simplicity and the reverberating dimensions of Lagerlöf's text."" - Swedish Book Review.. It is a disturbing saga of superstition and the supernatural, of revenge from beyond the grave, and in many ways, is a forerunner of modern feminist writing. A rather exotic ghost story."" - Publishers Weekly