Buy this book on-line Niemi, Mikael : Popular Music from Vittula: A NovelSeven Stories Press, New York, 2003 ISBN 1583225234
A book that welcomes us to the vodka belt of northern Sweden, a place far from anything imagined by Ingmar Bergman or the artist Carl Larsson. Here instead, through the killing cold and dark of the long winters and the harsh brightness of the brief summers, are a people set apart from the rest of Sweden, who speak a Finnish dialect, are silent, stalwart, wary, and very often drunk on "mash," the gut-rotting, brain-deadening alcohol made from potatoes. Matti's story, in Niemi's inimitable telling, describes a world that seems to have abandoned him, and yet where he can still come completely to life. Translated into English from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.237p.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Niemi, Mikael : Popular Music from Vittula: A Novel. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, livres anciens, rare books, used books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |