num_pages: 347
description: The Christmas Oratorio begins in the 1930s, when a wife and mother accidentally killed. The grieving family abandons its home and moves to another town, hoping to start afresh, but finds that its emotional burdens have emigrated with it.
language: English
title: The Christmas Oratorio
titlecomplete: The Christmas Oratorio
characters: Splendid Nilsson, Torin, Selma Lagerlöf, Alfons Nilsson, Eva-Liisa Nordensson, Victor Nordensson, Judith Winther, Werner Nilsson, Sidner Nordensson, Fanny Udde, Carina Zetterberg, Tessa Schneidemann, Aron Nordensson, Solveig Nordensson
genres: Family, Fiction, Sweden, 20th Century, Swedish Literature, Classics, Scandinavian Literature, Modern Classics, Christmas, Novels
ratings_count: 1038
places: New Zealand, Sweden
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Nordic Council Literature Prize (Nordisk Raads Litteraturpris), awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Litteraturfrämjandets stora romanpris
publisher: Verba Mundi