A smorgasbord of Christmas stories by writers from Hans Christian Andersen to August Strindberg to Karl Ove Knausgaard.This collection brings together the best Scandinavian holiday stories, including classics by Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark; Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg and Hjalmar Söderberg of Sweden; as well as the popular contemporary Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard. These Nordic tales—coming from the very region where so much ...

Narrated in a collection of vignettes, the start of Martin Birck's young life in Stockholm is filled with the joys and frustrations of children everywhere. As he ages, his idealism falls away in a series of small shocks: stories of local murders told by an older friend, having to hold his own in school, an encroaching disbelief in the Christian faith his mother has instilled in him. These, along with his perceived trajectory, lead to the shattering revelation: "So this is life." Written in...

Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg"Doctor Glas," a classic work of Swedish literature by Hjalmar Söderberg, is a profound and thought-provoking novel that delves into the moral complexities of human nature. Set in early 20th-century Stockholm, the story is told through the diary of Dr. Tyko Gabriel Glas, a lonely and introspective physician who grapples with deep ethical dilemmas and personal anguish.At the heart of the novel is Dr. Glas's growing obsession w...

Henning Mankell described The Serious Game as one of Sweden's lost classics. 'Söderberg wrote a contemporary novel. He wants the reader to look upon that time and to understand that love is not a secluded island, it is always affected by the 'big' world; by society; politics, disasters and scandals. Arvid, an educated and ambitious young man, meets Lydia, the daughter of a landscape painter; it is summer, they are young, and they fall in love. Lydia, however, has other suitors, and Arvid i...

A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping intensity. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood.Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So ...

Hjalmar Söderberg was a Swedish author, working from the end of the nineteenth century up until the 1930s. While most famous now for his novel Doctor Glas-a favorite of Margaret Atwood's-he also wrote other books, plays, and several collections of short stories.His stories have several common themes: human desire and self-deception, the inability for people to ever truly understand each other, and bittersweet reminiscences of the past. A Stockholm resident for most of his ...

Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin–de–siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister's beautiful wife complains of her husband's oppressive sexual attentions, Doctor Glas finds himself contemplating murder. A masterpiece of enduri...

The instant number one bestsellerFROM #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR SYLVIA DAYThe final chapter in the global blockbuster Crossfire quintetGideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I’ve ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably.Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge fr...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Homecoming comes a “moody, suspenseful page-turner” (People, Best Book Pick) filled with mystery and spellbinding secrets.Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories.One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate h...

A chance encounter between a successful lawyer and a rebellious bad boy will change life as they know it forever in this suspenseful novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nicholas Sparks.**"A roller-coaster ride of emotions, switching from the soft tone of a love story to the adrenaline rush of a thriller." —**Associated PressColin Hancock is giving his second chance his best sh...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES, now an HBO series.Winner of Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction“Here’s the best news you’ve heard all year: Not a single page disappoints....The only difficulty with Truly Madly Guilty? Putting it down.” —Miami Herald“Captivating, suspenseful…tantali...

A single father discovers the true nature of unconditional love after his world his turned upside down, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook**.**"A deeply moving tale not only about the love between a father and a daughter but also about the power of family and the courage we must find within ourselves as we face the unknown." —Booklist