Vilhelm Moberg

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When I Was a ChildPaperback, 15 February 2014

When I Was a Child
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Print Length
280 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date Published
15 Feb 2014
ISBN-10
0873519256
ISBN-13
9780873519250

Description

At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the poverty-stricken Swedish region of Småland, young Valter, the son of a soldier, explores the world around him and watches his older brothers emigrate to America. In this novel of the life of a farm boy, first published in three volumes in 1946, Vilhelm Moberg sensitively explores his own childhood.

When Valter, a boy with great imagination, describes the exciting things he sees so vividly, he is punished for lying, so he learns to write his stories down instead. He willingly leaves school and helps support his family by working in lumber camps and a glass factory. His father's ill health and death bring even harder times. Through all his toil, he debates whether to honor his father's wish and remain in Sweden to support his mother.

With gentle irony and a loving knowledge of the landscape, the people, and the larger issue of class struggle, Moberg offers American readers a deeply moving view of the other side of Swedish immigration.

Product Details

Author:
Vilhelm Moberg
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 February 2014
Dimensions:
21.46 x 14.25 x 2.03 cm
ISBN-10:
0873519256
ISBN-13:
9780873519250
Language:
English
Location:
St. Paul
Pages:
280
Weight:
362.87 gm

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