Word: larsson
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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...
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...
...DAILY BREAD-Gosta Larsson- Vanguard...
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 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...