Kremberg, en julberättelse
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Träsnidarmästaren Jacob Kremberg kom förmodligen från Nordtyskland. Många danska och sydsvenska kyrkor smyckas av hans verk, tillkomna i början av 1600-talet. Han är centralgestalten i denna novell, som skildrar händelser en kall decembernatt i en skånsk lantkyrka. ‘Kremberg: En julberättelse’ är dock ingen dokumentär redogörelse utan en historia om fantasi och skapande tillkommen på fantasins egna villkor.
Den lilla publikationen, som väger 27 gram och kostar 40 SEK, är det idealiska ‘julkortet’ till litterärt intresserade vänner och affärsbekanta.
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„Schlachtfeld Menschheit“: Unter diesem Thema wird in der kleinen südschwedischen Universitätsstadt Lund eine zehntägige Konferenz abgehalten, an der führende Geisteswissenschaftler aus aller Welt teilnehmen. Parallel dazu tagen im medizinischen Bereich Experten der Kardiologie. Bei einem Ausflug am ersten Tag vermischen sich einige der Teilnehmer in einem kleinen Wald außerhalb von Lund. Dieser Wald ist danach der wirkliche Mittelpunkt der Handlung. Jeden Tag treffen sich dort verschiedene Personen und machen Spaziergänge, wobei zuweilen merkwürdige Dinge passieren.
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Verksamhetsberättelser
Ytterligare 13 konturskarpa berättelser. De nya berättelserna visar på en breddning av Thormählens litterära register. Förutom inslaget av svidande samhällssatir, som känns igen från de tidigare böckerna, ingår tre sinsemellan mycket olika kärlekshistorier i denna samling. Vidare finns reflexioner kring skeendena inom och utom den tysk-svenska verklighetens råmärken och en avslutande, klassisk julberättelse som suddar ut gränser av mer än ett slag.
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