Welcome to Litsy!

Only read 42 of 558 pages, reasonably dense, mostly just creating the character of Morten as he learns all sorts of things (mostly sexual) about life while he studies medicine and for the priesthood. Has a slightly puritanical/Scarlett letter feeling to it but the atmosphere, possibly the harsh Scandinavian setting contributes to this, is much more blunt.

Christmas presents, yay! 🎄 🎁

A big fat, Scandinavian historical novel spanning the streets of 18th century Copenhagen to the frozen villages of Greenland. Just waiting for my kettle to boil then I shall plop down with my lemon tart and tea and I will read and ignore the my whole world while I sink into Leine's beautiful creation.