Hässja

Starting from the district near Sundsvall where he was a boy and grew into a man, the narrator sets down brief, dense pieces that blend records, recollection and invention. Smallholders' hard labour sits beside the secret dens of childhood, and passion, hopes and letdowns play out on very little money. Relatives, neighbours and the old legends of an out-of-the-way, greying parish all have their turn, as if each grey stone in the landscape hid a tale to be picked up and weighed.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

166 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Nature (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sweden

First published

2000 by Albert Bonniers Förlag

Author's age

52 when first published

ISBN

9789100571566 (original)