Smile of the Midsummer Night: A Picture of Sweden (Armchair Traveller) - Hardcover

Gustafsson, Lars; Blomqvist, Agneta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909961043 ISBN 13: 9781909961043

Publisher: Haus Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

In Smile of the Midsummer Night, best-selling author Lars Gustafsson and Agneta Blomqvist present a very personal guide to their Swedish homeland. Setting off from the far South, their journey takes them up to Norrland, from the farms of Scania to Laponian, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But it is the idyllic fjord in Bohulän, located in the Västmanland region, as well as Mälar Lake and Stockholm that they call home. Throughout, Gustafsson and Blomqvist are full of entertaining suggestions for excursions, including journeys through forests and moors where you can take in the odd elk or wolf along the way and visits to August Strindberg’s and Kurt Tucholsky’s graves.

The first work of contemporary travel writing about Sweden by Swedish writers to have been translated into English, Smile of the Midsummer Night is a loving and poetic ode to this beautiful nation and a must-have for anyone interested in Scandinavia.

About this title

About the Author:

Lars Gustafsson is one of Sweden’s most eminent authors. His award-winning works have been translated into fifteen languages.

Review:

“Imparts a heart-warming sense of shared discovery and rediscovery.” (Times Literary Supplement)

About this edition

• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1909961043
• ISBN 13: 9781909961043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120