A CD SERIES ABOUT SCANDINAVIA
From a Decade of Cultural Programs at Columbia University
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Plays:
The Ice Maiden/Isjungfrun, by Cecilia Sidenbladh, based on the diaries of Victoria Benedictsson. What happened when “Sweden’s George Eliot” fell in love with Denmark’s number one literary critic (and Don Juan). Read in English by Sybil Lines, in Swedish by Irene Lindh. Plus an Interview with the author on the role of women in Swedish history. SET OF 3 CDs: $35 + $5 S&H |
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All the Days, All the Nights, by Margareta Garpe, Tana Ross and Paul Luskin, trans. A Swedish woman confronts a familiar modern-day dilemma: how to care for her aging, ailing mother and support her extravagant teenage daughter while developing her own talents in the meantime. Read in English by Yvette Edelhart, Mary Keefe, Sophia Robbins, Stuart Rudin, Thom Sesma, and Cody Smolik. Plus an Interview with the author on the women’s movement in Sweden. SET OF 3 CDs: $35 + $5 S&H |
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The Night Walkers, by Kristina Lugn, V. Moberg, trans. Two gregarious grade-school teachers take a hike in the dark in pursuit of life’s (often inane) meanings. ”Read in English by Meg Gibson and Yvette Edelhart. $15 + $5 S&H |
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Fiction:
Stories, by Victoria Benedictsson. V. Moberg, trans. Includes five short stories on 19th-century life by the Naturalist author (“From the Dark,” “Scrimping on Marriage,” “Criminal’s Blood,” “Happiness,” and” “A Realist.” Read in English by Meg Gibson and Thom Sesma. Plus the stories in Swedish (“Ur mörkret,” “Giftermâl pâ besparing,” “Förbrytarblod,” “Lycka,” and “En realist”) read by Malin Serner and Finn Afzelius. SET OF 5 CDs: $55 + $5 S&H |
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Spellbound/Den bergtagna, the semi-autobiographical novella, by Victoria Benedictsson. V. Moberg, trans. A young Swedish woman visits Paris to see the late-19th-century art scene and happens into a tragic affair with an acclaimed sculptor. A classic Scandinavian tale of the female muse captivated by the great male artiste. Read in English by Meg Gibson, in Swedish by Malin Serner. SET OF 4 CDs: $45 + $5 S&H |
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Poetry:
Wild Bouquet. Poetry Selections (bilingual) by Ekelöf, Lagerkvist, Martinsson, and Lundkvist. From the memorial tribute to Leif Sjöberg at Scandinavia House, March 2002. Translated by Leif Sjöberg with W.H. Auden, and William Jay Smith. Read in English by William Jay Smith. Some of Sweden’s best-loved 20th-century poets. Read in Swedish by Finn Afzelius and Anders Cato. $15 + $5 S&H |
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The Boat on Land. Poet Roger Greenwald (winner of the 2004 Lewis Galantière Award from the American Translators Association) reads his
English translations of poems by Tarjei Vesaas and Rolf Jacobsen. He also reads two poems in Norwegian and offers some commentary. $15 + $5 S&H |
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A Standing Agreement. Poems by Thomas Boberg, V. Moberg, trans. By a Danish poet and world traveler with personal experience living in both Europe and South America. Read in Danish by the poet and in English by Thom Sesma. $15 + $5 S&H |
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Folklore:
Bengt af Klintberg: Den stulna njuren (The Stolen Kidney). The folklorist/poet who wrote Råttan i pizzan (The Rat in the Pizza) tells urban legends from Scandinavia and elsewhere and explains how they work. Klintberg with Anita Wall, in Swedish. $15 + $5 S&H |
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TO COME Tales: Norwegian Folktales from Asbjørnsen and Moe. Georg Brandes on Hans Christian Andersen (read by Niels Ingwersen in Danish and English) Pelle The Conqueror (an excerpt from the novel read by Niels Ingwersen in Danish) Especially for Language Learning and Teaching: Swedes on Swedish, a talk on Swedish, in English, by Lars Gunnar Andersson, professor of modern Swedish, University of Gothenburg. Songs from Sweden. Swedish Mezzo Soprano Malin Serner sings Swedish favorites with tenor Tam Johnson, who accompanies her on the guitar. Plays: From Norway Agnete by Amalie Skram. V. Moberg, trans., Life after divorce in bohemian circles in Copenhagen in the late 19th century. By a leading Norwegian Naturalist. From Sweden Theories by V. Benedictsson, C. Sjöblad, ed, V. Moberg, trans. A recently retrieved play by the Swedish Naturalist. Hanna’s Midsummer by Margareta Garpe, V. Moberg, trans. By the author of All the Days, All the Nights. |
CD ORDER FORM
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Plays: |
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□ The Ice Maiden/Isjungfrun by Cecilia Sidenbladh SET OF 3 CDs: $35 + $5 S&H |
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□ All the Days, All the Nights by Margareta Garpe SET OF 3 CDs: $35 + $5 S&H |
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□ The Night Walkers by Kristina Lugn $15 + $5 S&H |
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| □ SET OF ABOVE 3 PLAYS, 7 CDs: $75 + $5 S&H | □ | $____ | |
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□ Stories by Victoria Benedictsson SET OF 5 CDs: $55 + $5 S&H |
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□ Spellbound/Den bergtagna by Victoria Benedictsson SET OF 4 CDs: $45 + $5 S&H |
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| □ BENEDICTSSON FICTION SET, 9 CDS: $95 + $5 S&H | □ | $____ | |
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□ Wild Bouquet. Poetry Selections (bilingual) by Ekel^f, Lagerkvist, Martinsson, and Lundkvist. $15 + $5 S&H |
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□ The Boat on Land. Roger Greenwald reads Tarje Vesaas and Rolf Jacobsen. $15 + $5 S&H |
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□ A Standing Agreement. Poems by Thomas Boberg $15 + $5 S&H |
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| □ SET OF 3 POETRY CDs: $35 + $5 S&H | □ | $____ | Folklore |
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□ Bengt af Klintberg: Den stulna njuren (The Stolen Kidney). In Swedish. $15 + $5 S&H |
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| SEND ORDERS AND QUESTIONS to Verne Moberg, The Swedish Program, Columbia University, 319 Hamilton Hall, NY, NY 10027; tel: 1-212-854-4015; fax: 1-212-854-5381; e-mail: vam1@columbia.edu; online: www.columbia.edu/cu/swedish. Include $5 shipping and handling per CD or CD set. New York State residents add 8.25% sales tax. Make checks payable to Columbia University. Allow 2 weeks’ delivery time. | |||
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| This series was produced on campus at Columbia University by Robert Greer (drama direction, audio production, and budget) and Verne Moberg (translations, promotion, publicity, and distribution) thanks to a generous funding from the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation in San Francisco and also from the Royal Norwegian Consulate in New York, the American - Scandinavian Foundation, Swedish Women’s Educational Association—New York Chapter. | |||
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