#skuggserien

[kattahj]

The mom situation in KinnPorsche reminded me of something, and at first I didn't remember what, but then I realized it was the old Swedish YA book "...och de vita skuggorna i skogen" by Maria Gripe. In which a mother attempts to commit suicide, fails, and proceeds to "haunt" the castle where her children live, aided by an old friend who covers her tracks and sets her up to stay in secret rooms. (She also has another child illegitimately, who meets the other kids as their servant/companion without knowing they're related, and uh... yeah... when Korn said "sister" I fully expected the show to Go There.)

And this is interesting, because I don't think Maria Gripe was ever translated to Thai. (She's huge in Spain, though.) The Shadow trilogy of books that this belongs to are, however, completely marinated in old literature. You get Wilde, Strindberg, Barrett-Browning, Schiller, Elin Wägner, and more. So what is the story that provides the base for both?

[rockysledding]

where are all the swedish girlies who go crazy over maria gripe at

[onaa-ohokthen]

Musik: tidiga Lars Winnerbäck (jag förstår att hans nuvarande musik inte är allas kopp te, men Solen i ögonen (1998) och Söndermarken (2002) är fantastiska.)

Böcker: en annan klassiker vid Astrids sida är Maria Gripe, som skrev barn- och ungdomsfantastik och historiska romaner. Agnes Cecilia är förmodligen hennes mest kända verk, men rekommenderar även skuggserien (Skuggan över stenbänken, ...Och de vita skuggorna i skogen, Skuggornas barn, Skugg-gömman)

har någon några bra svenska artister och konstnärer som inte är abba och astrid lindgren? Är sugen på att expandera mina vyer inom konstvärlden

jag vill gärna dela med mig av de få jag känner till också, så mitt favortitband som sjunger på svenska just nu är rockbandet Döda Havet, älskar hur Stora deras låtar är och hur relaterbara deras låttexter är. Min favoritkonstär är Simon Stålenhag, han har publicerat flera böcker med otroligt vackra och tänkvärda konstverk kopplade till sina berättelser.

man får självklart dela med sig av vilken genre som helst :]

Musik: Oscar Zia (Din, Betong)

Musik: Nanne Grönwall (Kan du ge dig fan på, Håll om mig)

Konst: Karl Johnsson (illustrerade serien Vei)

Konst: @eliasericson (serien Diana&Charlie, lägger även ut på tumblr)

Jag uppmuntrar alla att lägga till sina favoriter i kommentarerna, taggarna osv.

[mickeslibrary]

Maria Gripe: Skugg-gömman. Cover art by Harald Gripe. Cover design by Lars Sundh. Modernista, Sweden, 2019.

[trasslaren]

I'm going to London so this is the last you'll see from me in a while. This is another attempt to draw Rosilda, seen here with her brother Arild. I've been wanting to draw this scene from "...and the white shadows in the forest" for a long time, the main character Berta and her sister watches Rosilda with her long hair out and flowers all around her. 

I have a lot of feelings about these books. 

[mymlen]

Flickan vid stenbänken

[rockysledding]

Honestly in my opinion skuggserien is SO underrated among her books, most people I meet have probably read the books about Hugo och Josephine or Elvis, maybe Agnes Cecilia and Tordyveln, but almost no one has read skuggserien and it makes me so sad

Nothing will ever live up to the feeling of reading Swedish ya bookseries from the 1980ies and having plot twists thrown in your face and when you thought it was over you got hit by a fucking train of plot twists

Basically this was me THEY ARE SISTERS!? SHES NOT DEAD!???? HES IN LOVE WITH ”CARL” AND HAVING GIME TYPICAL INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA FOR THE YEAR 1913 (Carl dressed up as a boy to get the job because they didn’t want to women)!? The love story didn’t go anywhere because THEY ARE FUCKING SIBLINGS BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW WAS THEIR ”DEAD” MOM!?

[mickeslibrary]

Maria Gripe: Skuggornas barn. Cover art by Harald Gripe. Cover design by Lars Sundh. Modernista, Sweden, 2019.

[mickeslibrary]

Maria Gripe: ...och de vita skuggorna i skogen. Cover art by Harald Gripe. Cover design by Lars Sundh. Modernista, Sweden, 2018.

[mickeslibrary]

Maria Gripe: Skuggan över stenbänken. Cover art by Harald Gripe. Cover design by Lars Sundh. Modernista, Sweden, 2018.

[trasslaren]

I made an illustration of my impression of Arild and Rosilda from the book "...and the white shadows in the forest" (My translation) by Maria Gripe. They are twins and they live isolated in a big castle full of tradgedy and secrets... It's one of my favourite books, I have loved it since I was a child and I still find new things about it even now. It's one of those books that I reread once in a while just to be able to experience the feelings again.