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Dates: during 1930-1939
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FATHERLAND FAREWELL!-Gosta Larsson - Harcourt, Brace ($2.50). Solid novel about Swedish working-class life before the War, centring on the great emigration to the U. S. Its well-studied hero is an ambitious young engineer who struggles against his lower-class destiny, tries unsuccessfully to escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fiction: Recent Books: Mar. 14, 1938 | 3/14/1938 | See Source »

Skiing. Swede Artur Larsson nosed out three fellow-Scandinavians in the 18-kilometre ski-marathon. Oddbjorn Hagen of Norway won the combination 18-kilometre race and jump. In the ski jump, watched by a crowd of 130,000, Norway's stumpy little Birger Ruud averaged 245 ft. for his two jumps, kept the title he won at Lake Placid four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Games at Garmisch (Cont'd) | 2/24/1936 | See Source »

...DAILY BREAD-Gosta Larsson- Vanguard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Swedish Bread | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

Swede Gosta Larsson has been living in the U. S. long enough (eleven years) to 'write his first novel in English and to announce it as the first volume of a trilogy. Gentler in tone than most proletarian novels (perhaps because its scene is patient Sweden), it hints at a rougher sequel. To many a reader who likes highly-seasoned stories, Our Daily Bread will seem insipid fare, but for those who can do without salt it will provide an honest mouthful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Swedish Bread | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

...Author Larsson's care to write objectively has made his story a little toe matter-of-fact, his people a little too typical. But, as is often the case in such chronicles, the minor characters are worth the price of admission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Swedish Bread | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

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