THE LAST LETTER HOME; A Novel by Wilhelm Moberg / Translated from the Swedish by Gustaf Lannestock
[Stockholm]: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1959. Second Impression of First British Edition. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with artwork of a man chopping wood with family looking on by Biro, 383 pages + [1] About the Author / About the Translator. Very Good / Good. Item #9531
SCARCE in dj. Tight clean copy with traces of rubbing to the cloth and considerble wear and edgewear to the unclipped dust jacket revealing white. Previus owne's name on front free endpaper. No other marks or remaindering.
Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (1898 – 1973) was a very important Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His lengthy literary career is associated with his four-book series The Emigrants. Published between 1949 and 1959/1961, these deal with the 19th century Swedish emigration from Småland--where Moberg was born--to Chisago County, Minnesota, in the United States.
The Emigrants became the subject of two movie adaptations (starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann) and a musical. His literary portrayal of the Swedish-American immigrant experience is considered comparable to O.E. Rolvaag's work depicting that of Norwegian-American immigrants.
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