A TIME ON EARTH
Book Details + Condition: Simon and Schuster (New York). First Edition, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. 251 pages. Translated from the Swedish by Naomi Walford. "This novel, which purports to be the reminiscences of an elderly Swedish ex-peasant, is actually a poetic and profound plea for life against wars and urbanization. Old Albert Carlson, now living in a hotel in California, talks of the sea, the city, the local eccentrics, but slips back again and again into his boyhood in Sweden. Slowly the theme and story unfold - of the lovely countryside now ruined by industry; of Carlson's peace-loving older brother who came home to die, mysteriously, at 19; of "Jesus" Jenson who, appalled by highway fatalities, imprecates passing motorists; etc., etc. Moberg, also an ex-peasant, has published twenty novels and an even greater number of plays; he has been translated into eighteen languages; and his novel, while lightly stated, reflects a simplicity and a maturity which give it a special character." [Kirkus Review]
Firm binding; light wear to boards, with a bit of darkening to extremities; chafed spine ends; slight lean to book; old price to ffep; foxing to bottom text block; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows some wear, with darkening and chipping to edges and corners; it retains its original price.
