For poverty-stricken farm labourer Jan, the birth of his daughter
Klara gives life a new meaning; his devotion to her develops into
an obsession that excludes all else. We are taken from the miracle
of a newborn child and a father's love of his baby girl into a
fantasy world emerging as a result of extreme external pressures,
in which Jan creates for himself the role of Emperor of
Portugallia. Yet this seemingly mad world generates surprising
insights and support. Described as 'perhaps the most private of
Selma Lagerloef's books', the novel takes us deep into a
father-daughter relationship that carries the seeds of tragedy
within it almost from the start. Selma Lagerloef (1858-1940)
quickly established herself as a major author of novels and short
stories, and her work has been translated into close to 50
languages. Most of the translations into English were made soon
after the publication of the original Swedish texts and have long
been out of date. This Norvik Press series, 'Lagerloef in English',
provides English-language readers with high-quality new
translations of a selection of the Nobel Laureate's most important
texts.
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