| ISBN |
9780241535202 (hardback) |
| Name |
Kapla, Marit, 1970- author. |
| Title |
Osebol : voices from a Swedish Village / Marit Kapla ; translated by Peter Graves. |
| Published |
London : Allen Lane, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
803 pages : map ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
First published in Swedish by Teg Publishing 2019. |
| Summary |
"In this extraordinary and engrossing book, an unexpected cultural phenomenon in its native Sweden, the stories of Osebol's residents are brought to life in their own words. Over the last half-century, the automation of the lumber industry and the steady relocations to the cities have seen the village's adult population fall to roughly forty. But still, life goes on; heirlooms are passed from hand to hand, and memories from mouth to mouth, while new arrivals come from near and far. Marit Kapla has interviewed nearly every villager between the ages of 18 and 92, recording their stories verbatim. What emerges is at once a familiar chronicle of great social metamorphosis, told from the inside, and a beautifully microcosmic portrait of a place and its people. To read Osebol is to lose oneself in its gentle rhythms of simple language and open space, and to emerge feeling like one has really grown to know the inhabitants of this varied community, nestled among the trees in a changing world" -- from Publisher. |
| Language note |
Translated from the Swedish. |
| Subjects |
Swedes -- Sweden -- Osebol -- Interviews |
| Osebol (Sweden) -- Social life and customs |
| Osebol (Sweden) -- History |
| Genre |
Interviews |
| Other Names |
Graves, Peter, 1942- translator. |
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