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Sandemoserien #6

by Margit Sandemo

Schyłek XVIII wieku. Szwedzcy chłopi z wyspy Dago, przesiedleni na rozkaz carycy Katarzyny na południe Ukrainy, zakładają w naddnieprzańskim stepie niewielką osadę. Jest wśród nich młoda dziewczyna - Lisa Koppers, wrażliwa i bardzo osamotniona, uciekająca od trudnej rzeczywistości w świat marzeń. Jej życie jednak gwałtownie się zmienia pewnej nocy, gdy spieszy z pomocą ciężko rannemu Kozakowi...

Genres: Romance

165 pages

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Margit Sandemo was a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published. She has also written many other book series such as Häxmästaren and Legenden om Ljusets rike.

Reviews

[Ylva · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I'd read most of Sandemo-serien, but apparenly not, so I'm going to remedy that. I feel like I tend to enjoy the historical ones more then the contemporary ones (at this point they're practically historic too) and this was no exception.

It's kind of funny reading these stories and sometimes finding templates for her later works, this felt like it has been rewritten into Isfolket.

That said Margit Sandemo is probably the whole reason I enjoy this type of mismatched romances so much as an adult.

[Tommy S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Troszkę dziwne, ze facet czyta romans? Zgadza się, ale Margit Sandemo jest tą szwedzką pisarką, która zawsze była obecna w moim życiu. Zaczęło się od pamiętnej "Sagi o Ludziach Lodu"...Ta książka oczywiście jest romansem historycznym. Mam troszkę złe odczucia ponieważ potraktowałem ją jak materiał ćwiczeniowym do speed reading metodą Spritz i przeczytałem w niecała godzinę. jednakże zrozumienie na pewno wyszło 100% aczkolwiek nie da się jeszcze tak w ramach treningu spamiętać wszystkich szczegółów, to najważniejsze fakty i wydarzenia, dialogi pamiętam. Samo usytuowanie powieści w czasach Katarzyny II jest niezłe, aczkolwiek nie wiedziałem, ze Szwedzi byli przenoszeni z Finlandii na Ukrainę...Niemniej książkę polecam każdemu!

[Overlady · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book 6 of the Sandemo series

"The Girl With The Silver Hair"

Year 1783, Ukraine

Lisa has blonde hair (under the right lightening they appear silver) and big blue eyes, she's 14 years old. Everyone thinks that she's a bit weird.
Partly because despite being the weakest, poorest, and most useless in the fight for survival she did not die.

One day she began helping a man named Wasyl, who was being tortured and left to die. She feeds him, and takes care of him. His body is burned so he's dependant on her mercy. He's around 30 years old.

From then on a lot is going on.

[Carola Paro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Denna berättelse utspelar sig rätt långt tillbaka i tiden, just sådana är de jag uppskattar mest i Sandemoserien. Karaktärerna är bättre beskrivna än i de böcker som utspelar sig under mer nutida förhållanden.
Boken har en del spännande episoder samtidigt som Margit väver in en del historiska händelser, något som ger berättelsen lite mer djup. Just det historiska är en av Margit absolut starkaste sidor enligt min mening.

Betyg: 7/10

[SweetSweeede · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember finding this book in a small bookstore in Stockholm sometime in the 90s. Over the years, I've gone back to it whenever I've visited my parents (where a lot of my old books are). Compared to the romance novels I read today, it's... very different. But it still keeps me turning the pages. Probably a case of nostalgia that makes you overlook issues that you would call out in modern-day books, so it's hard to say if this is for today's readers...

A young Swedish girl, having survived the journey from the Estonian island Dagö to southern Ukraine, by the river Dnieper, is an outcast in her small village of Swedes, with silver hair and blue eyes hinting of Swedish nobility rather than of the hardworking farmers. An orphan, she lives with an uncle and his disapproving wife, and blocks everything out. Only one thing draws her attention - a tortured Zaporozhian Cossack left for dead. Tending to his wounds, talking to him, makes her feel needed for the first time in her life.

This is the beginning of a love story between two very different people from very different backgrounds, of humans discarded by their own societies and finding their purpose.

[Carina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lett, grei historie