The Last Letter Home

The Last Letter Home

First english edition
Author	Vilhelm Moberg
Original title	'Sista brevet till Sverige'
Translator	Gustaf Lannestock
Language	Swedish
Series	The Emigrants
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Bonniers (Swedish edition)
Publication date	1959
Publication place	Sweden
Published in English	1961
Media type	Print
Pages	311 pp (Swedish edition)
ISBN	0-87351-322-3
OCLC	32346926
Dewey Decimal	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 1959 historical novel by Swedish writer Vilhelm Moberg. It is the fourth and final novel of his The Emigrants series. It is the shortest book of the four and has a faster pace.

Plot

This novel tells about Karl-Oskar and Kristina Nilson in their later lives and their deaths. The novel has a slightly more reflective perspective than the other three. It is set against such events as the American Civil War and the Sioux Outbreak of 1862 through the perspective of the settlers. ^[1]

Film, television or theatrical adaptions

• The New Land (1972), Jan Troell's film sequel to The Emigrants , is based on the last two novels of Moberg's series: The Settlers and this one.

References

1. Paul, Ronald (2019-01-02). "Sweden, Migration, and the Emigrant Novels of Vilhelm Moberg". Socialism and Democracy. 33 (1): 186–196. doi: 10.1080/08854300.2019.1655857 . ISSN   0885-4300.