/lit/ - Literature

I never see this guy mentioned in the Scandinavian threads, this book was great. Loved the language, really light and colorful. I have so many vivid images still in my mind when I think back on it.
It's kind of similar to Death in Venice in that it reads almost like a Greek play with the heavy symbolism and foreshadowing, but it's much lighter in tone. The Markurells of Wadköping is the English title.