Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot is the picaresque fable of the love that grows between the mute, telepathic human monstrosity Hercules and the beautiful Henriette—a love that will entwine their fates forever. Author Car
Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siècle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas
Beginning in prehistoric times and culminating with the Dacke rebellion of 1542, renowned novelist Vilhelm Moberg's two-volume popular history of the Swedish people approaches its subject from the viewpoint of the common people, documenting peasants' live
Is he an impostor, the peculiar magnetist Friedrich Meisner, or is he a man of marvelous gifts – or maybe both?A German magnetist and doctor named Meisner arrives in Seefond in the autumn of 1793. In the town lives a doctor together with his blind daugh
In one part of town, a woman robs a bank. In another, a corpse is found shot through the heart in a room locked from within, with no firearm in sight. Although the two incidents appear unrelated, Detective Inspector Martin Beck believes otherwise, and sol
Josefina es la hija del pastor de la localidad. Acude por primera vez al colegio y no le resulta fácil adaptarse. Entre otras cosas, porque la llaman con su verdadero nombre, Ana, que a ella no le gusta. Hace amistad con Hugo, un chico que vive en el bos
