Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Selma Lagerlof -- these are only some of the authors included in this remarkable collection of short stories and excerpts from novels and autobiographies. Editors Ia Dubois and Katherine Hanson (An Everyday Story: Norwegian Women's Fiction) have woven together a rich blend of classic and contemporary literature written for and about girls. Girls who dare to ski off high jumps, who build river dams, who scheme to get rich by selling imaginary lottery tickets. Girls who long for their parents to ...
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Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansson, Selma Lagerlof -- these are only some of the authors included in this remarkable collection of short stories and excerpts from novels and autobiographies. Editors Ia Dubois and Katherine Hanson (An Everyday Story: Norwegian Women's Fiction) have woven together a rich blend of classic and contemporary literature written for and about girls. Girls who dare to ski off high jumps, who build river dams, who scheme to get rich by selling imaginary lottery tickets. Girls who long for their parents to stop quarreling, for their mothers to act normal, for their fathers to understand them. Girls who ponder what to name themselves, how to find and keep a best friend, what their futures will be. Girls who are energetic, wild and breakers of rules. Girls who are thoughtful, astute and delightfully funny. Scandinavia has produced some of world literature's most enduring writing for and about children. Authors such as Tove Ditlevsen, Sigrid Undset, Cora Sandel and Gerd Brantenberg have created memorable portraits of girls coming of age, while Astrid Lindgren and Tove Jansson are famous world-wide for their charming books about Pippi Longstocking and the Moomin family. Although some of this literature is well-known in translation, Echo is the first time that many of these stories have been published in English. Each of the twenty-eight pieces comes with a brief introduction. With work from four countries -- Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway -- as well as minority voices of the Sami, gypsy and Jewish populations of Scandinavia, Echo is as comprehensive as it is refreshing.
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As New. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Trade Paperback As New. Clean & bright card cover, unmarked, tight glued binding. Pages very clean and completely free of any markings. The first time the literary richness of the Nordic countries writings for and about girls has been published in one volume--short stories, excerpts from novels and autobiographies. Includes portraits of girls exploring friendships and family, and tales of adventure, struggle and creativity. These stories portray the diverse experiences of growing up in Scandinavia. Includes a short biographical sketch of each author. 284 pages. 6x9 inches. 2000, Women in Translation Publishers, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Very Good. Paperback in overall nice condition with negligible wear to glossy cover, no spine crease at all; interior excellent--text pages crisp, appear unmarked; a very clean, sound copy; 284 pgs. including a brief paragraph about each contributor in "About the Authors" at the back; published by Women in Translation, 2000 (see picture of my book within this listing)
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Near Fine. Book. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED by author Ia Dubois on title page. Octavo, softcover, near fine, in beige pictorial wraps. A volume of fiction and autobiography about growing-up female by 28 women writers from Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden, inlcuding the work of Astrid Lindgren, Tove Jansseon, Sigrid Undset, Gerd Brantenberg, Cora Sandel and Tove Ditlevesen. 284 pp. and notes on editors.
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Very Good. Women in Translation, 2000. First printing trade soft cover in VG condition. Inscribed and signed by Ia Dubois. Otherwise unmarked, clean tight copy, slightly rubbed at corners. xix, 284pp. Map of Scandinavia, introduction by the editors. Inscribed and Signed By Editor. First American Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
