ECHO

Scandinavian Stories About Girls

Edited by la Dubois and Katherine Hanson

WOMEN IN TRANSLATION SEATTLE Contents

Introduction xi

Josephine 3 Maria Gripe Translated by Paul Britten Austin

The Golden Calf 9 Tove Jansson Translated by Kingsley Hart

Early Spring 14 Tove Ditlevsen Translated by Tiina Nunnally

The Cave 25 Irmelin Sandman Lilius Translated by Anna Sonnerup

Ronia, the Robber's 38 Astrid Lindgren Daughter Translated by Patricia Crampton

The Child Who Loved 46 Cora Sandel Roads Translated by Barbara Wilson

S0ren Bricklayer's 56 Dikken Zwilgmeyer Piglets Translated by Katherine Hanson

Aunt Sophy Dies 62 Karen Michaelis

Katitzi 71 Katarina Taikon Translated by Rose-Marie Oster

Florida Water 83 Sigrid Undset Translated by Sherrill Harbison and Benedikte Wilders

The Bird of Paradise 99 Selma Lagerlof Translated by Anna Sonnerup Grandma in the Painting 106 Dea Trier M0rch Room Translated by Anne G. Sabo

The Girl, the Mother and 115 Suzanne Osten the Garbage Translated by Rochelle Wright

Life Goes On 123 Susanne Levin Translated by Rochelle Wright

Boarding School 134 Ellen Marie Vars Translated by Edi Thorstensson

The Hunger Trial 143 Camilla Collett Translated by Judith Messick

Raffle Tickets 152 Tove Nilsen Translated by Barbara Wilson

Red Reflections 161 Torborg Nedreaas Translated by Janet Garton

The Time of the Winter 173 Eeva Kilpi War Translated by Sonia Wichmann

Stepping Lightly 182 Agnes Henningsen Translated by Paul Sandvold Baxter

The New Teacher 199 Moa Martinson Translated b;y Rochelle Wright

Here I Come! 208 Laila Stien Translated by Paul Sandvold Baxter

Kulla-Gulla 221 Martha Sandwall-Bergstrom Translated by Linda Schenck

The Nursemaid 228 Minna Canth Translated by David Barrett Sixth Grade Girls Learn to 237 Gerd Brantenberg Cook Cod Translated by Margaret Hayford O'Leary

Truth or Consequence 247 Annika Thor Translated by Sonia Wichmann

The Little Disciple 256 Jette Drewsen Translated by Anne G. Sabo

My Soul Is Troubled by 265 Hagar Olsson Conflicting Names Translated by Sonia Wichmann

About the Authors 277

About the Editors 285