Några steg mot tystnaden: En roman om fångna

by Eyvind Johnson

Romanens samlande gestalt är en äldre advokat i Paris. Från hans liv löper i ett sinnrikt mönster trådarna till 3 i varandra skiktade berättelser. Den 1:a tilldrar sig 1946 på en liten schweizisk ort, dit ett svenskt par kommer på bröllopsresa. Den 2:a är förlagd till napoleontiden, den 3:dje till kvällen före slaget vid Nancy 1477.

462 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Eyvind Johnson was a proletarian writer who was influenced by the contemporary literary currents of his time. He is regarded as the modern novel art's foremost pioneer in Sweden. He made ​​his debut in 1924 and had his breakthrough in 1930 with the semi-autobiographical novel about Olof . His most prominent works include Krilontrilogin , Strändernas Svall and Hans Nådes Tid . He became a member of the Swedish Academy (Chair 11) in 1957. He was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom." (Award shared with Harry Martinson.)