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03143aam a2200469 i 4500 001 EFB3B3001DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220817010036 008 210512s2022 nyu 000 f eng 010 $a 2021022303 020 $a 1635420040 020 $a 9781635420043 035 $a (OCoLC)1246145162 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d AZD $d ON8 $d OCLCO $d YDX $d PAU $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h swe 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PT9876.1.N35342 $b S8813 2022 082 00 $a 839.73/74 $2 23 100 1 $a Andersson, Lena, $d 1970- $e author. 240 10 $a Sveas son. $l English 245 10 $a Son of Svea : $b a tale of the People's Home / $c Lena Andersson ; translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death. 264 1 $a New York : $b Other Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 278 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "From one of Sweden's most astute cultural critics, a razor-sharp comedy of the progress and ruin of the industrial welfare state, told through the story of a single family. Ragnar Johansson is born in 1932, a transformative moment in Swedish history. He has Swedish social democracy flowing through his veins-convinced it lifted humankind out of the dark ages and into modernity, he cherishes it. At times Ragnar despises his mother, Svea, whose perpetual baking, scrubbing, and canning represent the poverty of the peasantry. Ragnar, for his part, hails the efficiency of washing machines and prefab food. Once he has children himself, he raises them in accordance with his values, standing in the ski track supporting his daughter Elsa as she works hard to become one of the best skiers in the country. While Svea is a relic of the past, Elsa represents hope for the future. In time, however, Ragnar realizes that the world is changing. Is his golden age coming to an end? In Son of Svea, Lena Andersson offers a characteristically funny, wise, and moving family chronicle about the social transformations that unite and divide us, and about finding the courage to be true to oneself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Originally published in 2018 as Sveas son: en beraÌttelse om folkhemmet by BokfoÌrlaget Polaris, Stockholm. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and sons $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fathers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Social change $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Families. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1728849 650 7 $a Mothers and sons. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1027007 650 7 $a Fathers and daughters. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/921890 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1122310 655 2 $a Fictional Work $0 (DNLM)D022922 655 7 $a Novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000475 776 08 $i Online version: $a Andersson, Lena, 1970- $t Son of Svea $d New York : Other Press, [2022] $z 9781635420050 $w (DLC) 2021022304 700 1 $a Death, Sarah, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012302.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EFB3B3001DF111EDA8BEF4A423ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search