Statarna 2

by Ivar Lo-Johansson

Statarna I-II är ett novellepos och äreminne över statarna som har kallats för social fresk, statarkrönika och historiskt epos. Det finns en historisk uppläggning i verket, men kronologin behöver inte alltid stämma. I Statarna blandas folkliga sägner med hårdkokt prosa, romantiska berättelser med agitatorisk tendens, dråpliga skrönor med saklig fackföreningshistoria.

Statarna II publicerades ursprungligen år 1937.

282 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Ivar Lo-Johansson (23 February 1901, Ösmo - 11 April 1990, Stockholm) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school.

He described the situation of the Swedish land-workers, statare, in his novels, short stories and journalism, which encouraged the adoption of certain land reforms in Sweden. He also caused much controversy with his features on old-age pensioners, Gypsies and other non-privileged people.

Lo-Johansson is however best known for his vivid recollections of the life in Swedish trade-unionist and literary circles of the twenties, thirties and forties. He also continued throughout his long life to insist that literature should face the world from the under-dog's perspective.