The Museum book club reads a wide range of books from the Nordic countries that can be bought in the Museum Store. In September we will discuss Independent People by Halldór Laxness. This novel, which won Laxness the Nobel Prize in Literature, features an Icelandic farmer who, after years of servitude, will go to seemingly any length to ensure his ongoing independence. 

Swedish American Museum is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Swedish American Museum September Book Club
Time: Sep 28, 2024 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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2024 Selections

January
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? 
by Johan Harstad

February
Elisabeth and the Nobleman
by Lilly Setterdahl

March
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal
by Dorthe Nors

April
Forty Days Without Shadow
by Oliver Truc

May
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent

June
The Moomins and the Great Flood
by Tove Jansson

July
Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

August
The Mercies
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

September
Independent People
by Halldor Laxness

October
Nordic Visions
Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir

November
The Farm
by Tom Rob Smith

December
Everything is Not Enough 
by Lola Akinmade Åkerström