Author | Vilhelm Moberg |
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Original title | 'Sista brevet till Sverige' |
Translator | Gustaf Lannestock |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Series | The Emigrants |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Bonniers (Swedish edition) |
Publication date
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1959 |
Published in English
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1961 |
Media type | |
Pages | 311 pp (Swedish edition) |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 32346926 |
839.73/72 20 | |
LC Class | PT9875.M5 S513 1995 |
Preceded by | The Settlers |
Followed by | None |
The Last Letter Home (Swedish: Sista brevet till Sverige) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg from 1959. It is the fourth and final part of the The Emigrants series, the shortest book of the four, with a faster pace.
This novel tells about Karl-Oskar and Kristina in their late life and eventual death. The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three, and it follows events such as The American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 through the perspective of the settlers.