Favourite Book:
My absolute favorite book is a swedish book called "Vattenfolkets Land" (Land of the Waterfolk) by Eric Leijonhufvud. It's really hard to explain what this book is about, because it's a really long book and the plot changes a lot throughout the book. But I'll try:
Remar is a normal teenage boy from the village Elby by The Water. He hasn't got very high ambitions others than finding a wife and getting an enjoyable job. One day the outcast Heydran comes to live with Remars family for a while. The two become very good friends and Heydran falls in love with Remars sister Lejel. Everything looks like it's falling into place. But they had forgotten about Levian, the enormous watersnake that haunts The Water. He feeds on the villagers when they don't expect it, and this time it was a loved one of Remars and Heydrans that was the victim. In blind anger they set out to find, and kill, Levian and change the lifes of themselves and oh so many others.
Okay so I made it sound incredibly awful. It's not! If you can find it in any other language than Swedish, give it a try! It's the best book I've ever read!
My absolute favorite book is a swedish book called "Vattenfolkets Land" (Land of the Waterfolk) by Eric Leijonhufvud. It's really hard to explain what this book is about, because it's a really long book and the plot changes a lot throughout the book. But I'll try:
Remar is a normal teenage boy from the village Elby by The Water. He hasn't got very high ambitions others than finding a wife and getting an enjoyable job. One day the outcast Heydran comes to live with Remars family for a while. The two become very good friends and Heydran falls in love with Remars sister Lejel. Everything looks like it's falling into place. But they had forgotten about Levian, the enormous watersnake that haunts The Water. He feeds on the villagers when they don't expect it, and this time it was a loved one of Remars and Heydrans that was the victim. In blind anger they set out to find, and kill, Levian and change the lifes of themselves and oh so many others.
Okay so I made it sound incredibly awful. It's not! If you can find it in any other language than Swedish, give it a try! It's the best book I've ever read!