Return to Ithaca (novel)

Return to Ithaca
Author Eyvind Johnson
Original title Strändernas svall
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre Novel
Set in Ancient Greece, Mediterranean
Published 1946

Return to Ithaca (Swedish: Strändernas svall, lit. 'The Surge of the Shores') is a 1946 novel by Swedish author Eyvind Johnson. It is based on the story of Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.[1]

References

  1. Radio, Sveriges. "Klassikerrummet - Strändernas svall av Eyvind Johnson - P1 Kultur – podd". Retrieved 2016-10-22.

Sources

  • Lindberger, Örjan (1990). Människan i tiden: Eyvind Johnsons liv och författarskap 1938-1976 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. ISBN 91-0-047904-7.
  • Mazzarella, Merete (1981). Myt och verklighet: Berättandets problem i Eyvind Johnsons roman Strändernas svall. Diss. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, 497. ISSN 0039-6842. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. ISBN 951-9017-66-6.
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