Norvik Press is pleased to announce the publication of our second instalment to Selma Lagerlöf’s Ring Trilogy, the classic novel, Charlotte Löwensköld. Translated by Linda Schenck with a preface by our Selma Lagerlöf in English Series editor, Helena Forsås-Scott and a translator’s afterword. 290 pages (paperback).
A curse rests on the Löwensköld family, as narrated in the first instalment of Lagerlöf’s Ring Trilogy, The Löwensköld Ring.
Charlotte Löwensköld is the tale of the following generations, a story of psychological insight and social commentary, and of the complexities of a mother-son relationship. Charlotte is in love with Karl-Arthur – both have some Löwensköld blood. Their young love is ill fated; each goes on to marry another.
How we make our life ‘choices’ and what evil forces can be at play around us is beautifully and ironically depicted by Selma Lagerlöf, who was in her sixties when she wrote this tour de force with the lightest imaginable touch.
Selma Lagerlöf was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909.
Literary agent, Lena Stjernström, recommends Charlotte Löwensköld as the best book to buy as a Christmas gift in 2014. (Svensk bokhandel 2014)
Available at all good bookstores.
The Ring Trilogy by Selma Lagerlöf
The Löwensköld Ring (Norvik Press, translated by Linda Schenck, 2011)
Charlotte Löwensköld (Norvik Press, translated by Linda Schenck, 2014)
Anna Svärd (Norvik Press, translated by Linda Schenck, 2015/16)
‘A new version of Selma Lagerlöf’s classic tale reveals a powerful, lyrical work for children and adults.’