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När Jakob Törn berättar för sin hustru att kungen stupat blir hon rasande och hugger honom i armen. Sedan dess har han flytt hemmet; minnet av hennes blick när hon måttade med kniven förföljer honom.

Snö tilldrar sig under några dygn i en liten stad vid rikets västra kust, och den store krigarkonungens död rör upp starka känslor bland invånarna. Tusentals återvändande soldater, lemlästade och förfrusna, invaderar staden och i rådssalen placeras kungens stoft. Äntligen kommer Jakob nära den man vars vilja varit hans rättesnöre. Men på annat håll i staden samlas en grupp människor för att mana till kamp mot enväldet.


Ellen Mattson har skrivit en tät och stark roman, hennes femte, om krigets ohyggligheter och om blind lydnad kontra uppror mot överheten.

193 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 2001

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Ellen Mattson

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Ellen Mattson lives in Ljungskile, in Sweden. She has been awarded with De nios vinterpris, Selma Lagerlöfs litteraturpris, and Gerard Bonniers Award.

Since 2019 she is a member of the Swedish Academy on chair 9.

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December 29, 2019
Snow is a haunting existential tale reminiscent perhaps of Hamsun's Mysteries. It has more than a nod, too, toward Dostoevsky, particularly in the seedy character of Wessman, who berates Jakob Torn in a smoky tavern. Set pieces such as the arrival of the frostbitten ragged army or the washing of the king's corpse are beautifully handled. The motive behind the protagonist's alienation is somewhat vague - in the hands of Dostoevsky or Hamsun, Torn himself might have some dilemma or compulsion driving his actions. Well worth a read.
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June 5, 2016
miserable, a study in despair, wretchedness and bleak isolation set in 1700s Sweden - no surprises it was very cold and they all froze to death
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