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Ronja rövardotter av Astrid Lindgren (1981). Jag har läst en hel bok på svenska :D Very slowly, partly because I can still only read slowly and have to stop to look things up very often, and partly because that slowness and effort means I can only do a little bit at a time, rather than using my usual longer stretches of relaxing reading time for it. But it's an achievement!
Anyway, the book. It is about Ronja, the young daughter of a robber chieftain, who lives in the forest with her father and mother and her father's band of robbers. One day another, rival gang of robbers arrive in the forest, causing much strife. Ronja meets Birk, the rival robber chieftain's son, who's about the same age as her; at first they hate each other as much as their respective fathers could wish, but eventually—amongst a lot of exciting adventures in the forest involving various real and supernatural wildlife—they become friends. But of course the tension between their friendship and their families'/robber gangs' bitter enmity leads to trouble... it's sort of the children's book version of a D. K. Broster plot, with much heartrending conflict between different loyalties. But of course everything is resolved happily in the end.
I really enjoyed it! I think my favourite thing about it was the setting amongst the wild forest—the book is full of descriptions of nature, the wild inhabitants of the forest and the changing seasons, which are all really lovely—and I also liked the fantasy elements and all the dramatic, exciting adventure they lead to (the vildvittror are especially memorable). I liked Ronja very much, and her friendship with Birk is cute. And the first edition which I read has some absolutely gorgeous illustrations, which made a perfect accompaniment to those nature descriptions.
The book has been translated into English as Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, which spelling confuses me slightly (I wouldn't be sure how to pronounce Ronia, and might have gone with 'like Estonia' rather than 'like Sonia', whereas Ronya would have been much more obvious). Never mind. Perhaps I'll read the translation at some point and compare them—that would be fun.
I'm not making much active progress with learning Swedish at the moment, though I'm still watching an occasional TV programme and picking up a few new words here and there. I may manage to do a bit more over the next few months—we'll see. :)
I don't think there's an exact equivalent for 'recent', so possibly that should be 'senast'? But hopefully it makes sense.
Anyway, the book. It is about Ronja, the young daughter of a robber chieftain, who lives in the forest with her father and mother and her father's band of robbers. One day another, rival gang of robbers arrive in the forest, causing much strife. Ronja meets Birk, the rival robber chieftain's son, who's about the same age as her; at first they hate each other as much as their respective fathers could wish, but eventually—amongst a lot of exciting adventures in the forest involving various real and supernatural wildlife—they become friends. But of course the tension between their friendship and their families'/robber gangs' bitter enmity leads to trouble... it's sort of the children's book version of a D. K. Broster plot, with much heartrending conflict between different loyalties. But of course everything is resolved happily in the end.
I really enjoyed it! I think my favourite thing about it was the setting amongst the wild forest—the book is full of descriptions of nature, the wild inhabitants of the forest and the changing seasons, which are all really lovely—and I also liked the fantasy elements and all the dramatic, exciting adventure they lead to (the vildvittror are especially memorable). I liked Ronja very much, and her friendship with Birk is cute. And the first edition which I read has some absolutely gorgeous illustrations, which made a perfect accompaniment to those nature descriptions.
The book has been translated into English as Ronia, the Robber's Daughter, which spelling confuses me slightly (I wouldn't be sure how to pronounce Ronia, and might have gone with 'like Estonia' rather than 'like Sonia', whereas Ronya would have been much more obvious). Never mind. Perhaps I'll read the translation at some point and compare them—that would be fun.
I'm not making much active progress with learning Swedish at the moment, though I'm still watching an occasional TV programme and picking up a few new words here and there. I may manage to do a bit more over the next few months—we'll see. :)
I don't think there's an exact equivalent for 'recent', so possibly that should be 'senast'? But hopefully it makes sense.
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I read it in translation as a child and did pronounce it to rhyme with my own name.
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Do you have plans to read more in Swedish eventually, and do you want recs? I was thinking that perhaps you could do a short story by Selma Lagerlöf, if you want something which is less of a commitment in time...
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Yes, I would like to read more in Swedish at some point! I was vaguely thinking of Lindgren's Bröderna Lejonhjärta, which sounds like another nice one. A Selma Lagerlöf short story would be a very good idea, if you've got any to recommend.
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