Breaking free
By: Ivar Lo-Johansson ; translated and with notes and an afterword by Rochelle Wright.
Contributors: Wright, Rochelle, 1950-
Series: Modern Scandinavian literature in translation
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
Description: Mikael is an impulsive, imaginative, and rebellious boy whose family earns a meager existence working on an estate in Sweden in the early 20th century. As he grows up he learns the reality of the lives of estate workers, their love for the land, and their subservience to the estate owners.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-477).
"Originally published as Godnatt, jord, c1933"--T.p. verso.