A gentle reader requested to know a bit more about Torgny Lindgren. And so ever one to oblige those seeking knowledge about my favorite writers, you all shall be punished for his curiosity. I have only five books, I don't know how many are available in translation: The Way of a Serpent , Light , Sweetness , Bathsheba , and Merab's Beauty . The first three that remain most vividly in my mind--the first a story about a wicked landlord who collects the rent from a family in rural Sweden and when the money runs out begins to exploit the women of the household. The title is taken from proverbs 30:19 the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. (KJV) And though my recollection is at something of a distance now, at least two, and possibly all three of these is developed in the course of a very short novel. Perhaps the best description of the book is gritty and realistic. I...
Steven,
ReplyDeleteFord and Conrad actually have three collaborations, which I have read and enjoyed.
_The Inheritors_ main theme is a common one in Ford's writings--the replacement of the old ways in England by the new. In this story, it's by aliens, in _No More Parades_, it's by the new technical classes in England. _In The Good Soldier_ and others, it's by Americans.
_The Inheritors_, in spite of the blogger's comments, is not hard to find. Abebooks has over 400 copies available, so I don't know what he is suggesting.