The Way of a Serpent
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Text: English (translation)
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Torgny Lindgren’s short novel (100+ p.) is a tersely written tragedy from 19th-century northern Sweden, describing how an originally neutral relationship between a landowner-tradesman and a family develops into a nightmare of economic and sexual exploitation.
This is fiction but nonetheless a brilliant illustration of the origins of inequality. Lindgren was one of Sweden’s most eminent writers, a member of the Swedish Academy, and well-known for his characteristic, biblically tainted language (a challenge to the translator).
This is a dark story, although there are some rays of light—from art (represented by music) as well as from hope in…
From Per's list on (in)equality and why it is a problem.
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