Today I have been to a second hand shop to buy a few Christmas presents. We, that is, my family, decided to buy second hand Christmas presents. Usually, you can find some nice presents there. You never know what to find, so it is always exciting. I will not eveal exatly what I bought, except for the fact that I found seven books for myself. Even without any effort, because I did not really want to add any more book to my TBRs.
Well, things happens sometimes. I am quite pleased with the books which were:
From bottom to top.
Vävda tapeter (Woven Tapestries) by Jack Lindblom. A book that looks at tapestries as "historical documents", and they are like paintings. I am looking forward to learn more about this art.
Otroliga historier (Incredible stories) by Birgitta Petrén is a book about the Skåne (Scania) as it belonged to Denmark. The history is very intersting and I am looking forward to learn more about this time.
Ljus och skugga (Facing the Light) by Adèle Geras. Set in a splendid country house in England, this rich and absorbing novel begins as Leonora, daughter of a famous Edwardian painter, is about to throw herself a huge house party to celebrate her 75th birthday. Guests will include her two grown daughters and their spouses (and lovers), a film crew making a movie about Leonora's father, and numerous family legends. Even happy families have their secrets, and Leonora's stunning revelations make for thrilling reading.
Musik & tystnad (Music & Silence) by Rose Tremain. Set in seventeenth-century Denmark, Rose Tremain's dazzling, prize-winning tale is a pungently atmospheric, richly provocative, and masterfully orchestrated romance of point and counterpoint: loyalty and deception...tenderness and violence...community and alienation...peace and conflict..."Music & Silence." Peter Claire is an English lutenist summoned to Denmark to join King Christian IV's royal orchestra. Designated the king's "Angel" because of the purity of his physical beauty, Peter falls helplessly in love with the lovely companion of Queen Kirsten, the king's adulterous wife. The young musician finds himself dangerously torn between loyalties, ensnared in the deep-seated unrest of a royal court where the forces of good and evil, of harmony and dissonance, are ensconced in a battle to the death.
Husmoderns rådgivare (The Housemaid's Advisor) av Kerstin Wenström. A book from 1924 with advices for the "modern" woman. It is always interesting to read these kind of books, on the "work" that women had to do in the old days.
Jag såg kärleken och döden (I saw love and death) av Erik Eriksson. A Swedish journalist who reported from the Vietnam war. He experience bombing and fightings first hand, and saw lovers adieu in Hanoi. I thought it could be an interesting book to read, since we are visiting Vietnam at the beginning of 2025.
Skånes historia i årtal, från 550 till 1720 (Scania's history in years, from 559 to 1720) by Jonny Ambrius. A history of the area where I live is always interesting. It is also good to use as a dictionary when you want to know what happened a special year.
These were the books I found without even looking closer on all the books they had in the shop.
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