Bettie's Books
A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.
In Praise of Truth: The Personal Account of Theodore Marklund, Picture-Framer by Torgny Lindgren, Tom Geddes (translator)
bookshelves: published-1991, winter-20102011, one-penny-wonder, translation, sweden, teh-brillianz, art-forms, dodgy-narrator, filthy-lucre, gangsters, lifestyles-deathstyles, mythology, magical-realism, noir, philosophy, families, absolute-favourites
Translated by Tom Geddes
Condition: Used - Very Good
I saw her as soon as I came into the auction room in Ryda.
Must look out for a bit of the film - Kommer du med mig då (2003)
I loved, loved, loved this.
-Check out the title root; who knew!?
-How about the erudite deconstruction of totems and signifiers (aka raison d'etre for the whole story) crammed into one li'l ol' paragraph.
-Tell me you didn't laugh at the black granite memorial stone and I'd have to call you a squibber fibber.
-'Aristocrat' shoe moment
Utter genius yet again from Lindgren.
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