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   From: Troels@ThisIsFake.invalid   
      
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   > I don't know of any good swedish authors, and I always want to   
   > read books in the language they were written.   
      
   I can certainly sympathize with the latter -- I also prefer to read   
   books in the original language, though I'd rather read a good book in   
   translation than not read it at all.   
      
   I prefer to read Astrid Lindgren in Swedish (actually I'd say that   
   Lindgren is a better children's author than Tolkien, and I can still,   
   at 45, enjoy some of her books, though I wouldn't put her above   
   Tolkien as an author for adults). Also I rather like Jan Guillaume's   
   books . . .   
      
   And of course there are some Danish authors that I find worthwhile --   
   perhaps not on an international scale, but because they express   
   something (for me) essentially Danish (though there's very few of   
   Hans Christian Andersen's so-called 'fairy-tales' that I really   
   like).   
      
   > And well, that sort of limits my choices to english books, since I   
   > don't know any other language. :)   
      
   Couldn't you also read the folk-tales of Asbjørnsen and Moe (in   
   Norwegian)?   
      
   I keep wanting to improve my German enough to be able to read some   
   books in German (again) -- but I never seem to have the time ;)   
   (perhaps once I stop working . . .)   
      
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