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Synopsis
Tells the life of a Sicilian peasant girl, Teresa, who is brought to a village in Provence just after the First World War and is adopted by two very `twenties' lesbian ladies. Teresa falls in love with a fascinating young shepherd - becomes a harpsicordist - works with the French Resistance, and lives on into an eccentric, embattled old age. Across this chronicle of lives - Söderbergh, like an enchanted magician, produces characters and scenes that overflow with surprising details and illusions of presence - A novel about the sadness of things passing, and their wonder while they are here. I am only sorry that so many readers will spend some time with X, Y and Z (here fill in the names of some well-known contemporary writers) and miss the Nabokovian pleasures of Bengt Söderbergh."" - Hudson Review.
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Language Notes
Text: English, Swedish (translation)
From Library Journal
While much good contemporary Swedish fiction remains untranslated, some of the less interesting works find publishers, this novel among them. Soderbergh's knowledge of French culture is impressive, and although the plethora of information that he provides can overwhelm the reader, it is nevertheless in the descriptions of life in the countryside and in Paris during the Vichy government that he shows his strength. Still, this story about two expatriate women who devote their lives to preserving the cultural heritage of a small Provencal village is only mildly interesting because the characters lack credibility. For the same reason, the romance between their ward Teresa and Max, whose musical careers rise and fall, derives sparkle only from the milieu. Not a necessary purchase. Ulla Sweedler, Univ. of California at San Diego Lib.
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- PublisherPeter Owen Ltd
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 072060639X
- ISBN 13 9780720606393
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages267
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The Mysterious Barricades
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ISBN 10: 072060639X
ISBN 13: 9780720606393
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First Edition. Novel of the French Riviera set in the inter war and WW2 years. Translated from the original Swedish by Eivor Martinus with her foreword. Pages toned otherwise VG in VG dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 14323
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The Mysterious Barricades
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Peter Owen Publishers Ltd, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 072060639X
ISBN 13: 9780720606393
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Thomi Wroblewski (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some browning to page block, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (12.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 297pp. With 'The Mysterious Barricades' Bengt Soderbergh, one of Sweden's foremost living novelists and human rights activists, makes his literary debut in Britain. His story is set in the South of France and Paris, its central themes converging on various kinds of love, with leitmotivs of art and especially music. Quite a scarce book. Seller Inventory # 006228
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