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Must-read literature of modern Swedish | ||
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| ruskivyetr Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5471 days ago 769 posts - 962 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Polish, Modern Hebrew | Message 9 of 17 16 December 2009 at 1:05am | IP Logged | ||
Män som hatar kvinnor is a good book. I have not read it in Swedish yet but I really want to. I also want to read Flickan som lekte met elden (the girl who played with fire) in Swedish because I have also read that one in English. I love Stieg Larsson and I cannot wait until the third book comes out in English. I want to see the movie and get all three books in Swedish because that is how amazing they are. Edit: They are not that predictable actually. Yes there are some things that you can easily predict, But they are very good books (in my opinion). Edited by ruskivyetr on 16 December 2009 at 1:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Asnia Triglot Newbie Russian Federation iterviam.ru/ Joined 5322 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Russian*, Swedish, English Studies: French | Message 10 of 17 23 April 2010 at 6:26am | IP Logged | ||
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And where we kan find this literature? Can I download it? I wanted to read Låt den rätte komma inbut i haven't this book in swedish and i can find only audiobook. I like audiobooks but in this case I don't want to listen it = )
Do you know sites or forums where we can buy some literature in Swedish? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6899 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 17 23 April 2010 at 9:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Check here:
Online Swedish bookstores 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| maaku Senior Member United States Joined 5564 days ago 359 posts - 562 votes Speaks: English* | Message 12 of 17 28 February 2011 at 8:08am | IP Logged | ||
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A belated "tack" to everyone who posted to this thread so far! Real life has a habit of getting in the way, but soon I'm finally going to begin my Swedish quest. And I've got a shelf full of books to keep me busy and motivated. But if anyone else has any suggestions, please post them!
BTW, in the mean time I did read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (in English), and I revised my opinion of Stieg Larsson and the genre in general. It's very well written, and not too forumlaic. I look forward to reading it in Swedish. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| kottoler.ello Tetraglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5993 days ago 128 posts - 192 votes Speaks: English*, Russian, Mandarin, French Studies: Japanese, German | Message 13 of 17 06 March 2011 at 8:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you like poetry, I highly recommend Tomas Tranströmer. As a poet who honestly doesn't like most poetry, I can say he's one of the few I really really enjoy. Even more so because he writes in such a beautiful language :)
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| RedBlaze Diglot Newbie Italy Joined 5093 days ago 10 posts - 9 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: Swedish, Danish | Message 14 of 17 15 March 2011 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Personally, I am a fan of the Kommissarie Winter series by Åke Edwardson - the style is easy enough to be understandable even by a relative beginner, and the characters are interesting. I suggest you give it a try if you like crime novels.
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| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6668 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 15 of 17 23 April 2011 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ooh, I have some more:
Modern: Hohaj and Till Mervas by Elisabeth Rynell Aliide, Aliide by Mare Kandre Less modern: Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist Doktor Glas and Den allvarsamma leken by Hjalmar Söderberg Pengar by Victoria Benedictsson 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pbromide Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4537 days ago 76 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish | Message 16 of 17 24 August 2012 at 3:47am | IP Logged | ||
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An old thread, but worth resurrecting in my opinion.
After listening to the musical "Kristina från Duvemala," I've been interested in reading the "Utvandrarna" series by Vilhelm Moberg. The excerpt (summary?) in the lyrics booklet was not too difficult to read and much to my relief, most of the words could be found in my travel Swedish dictionary. Would anyone recommend this, or is this some really heavy reading? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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