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In 1969, a young girl makes a trip from Coney Island to the swampy coastland on the rural outskirts of Helsinki, Finland. There, her death will immediately become part of local mythology, furnishing boys and girls with fodder for endless romantic imaginings. Everyone who lives near the swamp... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sandra Warn: Add a description of this character.
- Doris Flinkenberg
- Rita Rat
- Inget Herrman
- Solveig
- Lorelei Lindberg
- Eddie De Wire
- Kenny
- Bengt
- Bjorn
- Micke Friberg
- Birgitta Blumenthal
- Miss Andrews
- Daniel Danielsson
- Liz Maalamaa
- Jan Backmansson
- Doris Hinkenberg
- Liget Herrman
- Buie Marsh
- Bencku
- Tobias Forsstrom
- Tina Backmansson
- Anneka Munveg
- Jeanette Lindstrom
- Magnus Von B.
- Lupe Velez
- Sonya
- Debbie
- Astrid
- Johanna
- Anna Sjolund
- Jorgen Biickstrom
- Jerry Nolan
- Anna Magnani
- Sandra Wiirn
- Sabrita-lill Lindholm
- Laura B-h
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
This is where the music begins.
Table of Contents edit
I.
Bengt and the American girl
(Bengt’s story) . . .
The house in the darker part of the woods
(Sandra’s story 1) . . .
The most beautiful story ever told • The story about the house on the First Cape/Doris’s happiest story
The women and the whores
(Sandra and Doris’s story 1) . . .
1. The women • Women in a state of emergency • 2. . . . and the whores • The end of the Mystery with the American girl
When the summer throws you away (Sandra and Doris’s story 2) . . .
Doris’s death • Going away
II
The Music (Sandra’s story 2) . . .
The planet without Doris • The road out into the Blood Woods • The lover • The most secret story
Scenes from a marriage (Sandra eavesdropping among the shoes, somewhat later) . . .
Sandra Night/Doris Day, Doris Night/Sandra Day • The girl turned toward the window • The last hunt
“The day the music died. And I started living.”
(the return of the Marsh Queen, a few years later) . . .
The Winter Garden, 2008 . . .
The Winter Garden, 2008 . . .
Authors & Contributors edit
- Monika Fagerholm (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Swedish
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Sweden
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Sweden
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ISBN: Add the ISBN.
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Awards edit
- August Prize (2005)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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