Ulla-Lena Lundberg Knihy

In the summer of 1947, a young priest, Petter, his wife and baby daughter, arrive by mail boat at a tiny island. They are to take over its drafty homestead from where Petter is to minister to the scattered community. In this evocative tale, Ulla-Lena Lundberg draws us into the minutiae of an austere yet purposeful life where the demands of self-sufficiency - cows to milk and sheep to graze - are tempered by the kindness of neighbours. With each season, the family's love of the island grows and when the winter brings ice a new and tentative link is created. Told through the eyes of Petter, the wholehearted if naive novice priest, and Mona, his tough-minded wife, a story unfolds that is as immersive as it is heartrending.Winner of the Finlandia prize and nominated for the Nordic Critics Prize, Ice was a huge bestseller in Finland.

Ulla-Lena Lundberg reist erneut nach Sibirien, um das Land und seine Vogelwelt zu erkunden. Mit ornithologischen Studien als Vorwand beobachtet sie seltene Vögel und reflektiert über menschliches Verhalten und die Beziehung zur Natur. Ihre Reise bietet Einblicke in eine sich verändernde Gesellschaft und ist lyrisch und klug verfasst.