Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North

ISBN: 1468316672

Author: Ferguson, Robert

Condition: New

Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: from IKEA to hygge, Hamlet to the latest bestselling crime novel, the regions cultural influence is vast. But how valid is this outsiders view of Scandinavia, and how accurate is our picture of life in Scandinavia today? Enter Robert Fergusons Scandinavians, an ambitious work of history and cultural comment that follows a chronological progression across the Northern centuries: from the Vendel era of Swedish prehistory all the way through Scandinavias postwar social democratic nirvana and the terror attacks of Anders Behring Beivik.Scandinavians is also a personal investigation, with award-winning author Robert Ferguson as the ideal companion as he explores wide-ranging topics such as the power and mystique of Scandinavian women, from the Valkyries to the Vikings; from Nora and Hedda to Garbo and Bergman. Employing a digressive technique that deftly combines the factual and the intimate (Publishers Weekly), recalling the writings of W.G. Sebald, Scandinavians provides unequaled access to the society, politics, culture and temperament of modern Scandinavia.