A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF SWEDENS AUGUST PRIZEWINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZEOsebol is a magnificent success it is hard to imagine it better ... Kapla is a magician ... mesmerizing Sara Wheeler, TLSA simple, paredback and downtoearth masterpiece James RebanksWe listen to them like something caught on the wind ... so moving and so strangely beckoning Nicci Gerrard, Observer[Among] the years most pleasing books Rishi Dastidar, Guardian, Books of the YearEngrossing and humbling and quietly revelatory Max PorterFascinating ... I was riveted Lydia DavisLike standing outside an open window on a warm summer evening and listening to a piece of contemporary history LnstidningenWhat a wonderful book . . . You want to move into it ExpressenNear the river Klarlven, snug in the dense forest landscape of northern Vrmland, lies the secluded village of Osebol. It is a quiet place one where relationships take root over decades, and where the bustle of city life is replaced by the sound of wind in the trees.In this extraordinary and engrossing book, an unexpected cultural phenomenon in its native Sweden, the stories of Osebols residents are brought to life in their own words. Over the last halfcentury, the automation of the lumber industry and the steady relocations to the cities have seen the villages adult population fall to roughly forty. But still, life goes on heirlooms are passed from...

Binding: Paperback;800 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: DCF; Weight: 672 g; Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 43

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