by Marianne Fredriksson · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9789146152316
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«Kains bok» is a novel by Marianne Fredriksson, published by Wahlström & Widstrand in paperback (218 pages, in Swedish).
A rereading of the biblical character Cain: as an adult, he lives with his parents and his wife Letha; when she is about to give birth, he sets off in search of paradise and of the «wordless ones» his mother mentioned to him. The encounter with them will be decisive.
Second instalment of the trilogy «Paradisets barn», originally published in 1980.
For readers of Scandinavian fiction interested in literary reinterpretations of biblical figures.
Marianne Fredriksson was a Swedish author who worked and lived in Roslagen and Stockholm. Before becoming a novelist, she was a journalist for various Swedish newspapers and magazines, including Svenska Dagbladet.
