The Forest of Hours

Kerstin Ekman

Fantasy Translation

Original novel was published in 1988. Translated into English by Anna Paterson.

This novel begins in the Middle Ages when Skord, a magical being who is neither man nor animal, finds himself in a forest with no memory, no past and no language. As he observes the behaviour of the human beings he meets in the forest, he begins to gradually understand human civilization and learn their language. Although he can pose as one of them, he is also able to assume the form of animals and cause things to happen simply by willing them. Skord survives for five hundred years and lives many different lives but, despite his learning, he finds it difficult to resist the call of the forest and returns there periodically to rejoin the band of forest outlaws who live outside human society.

Amazon: View on Amazon
Published
1998
Original title
Rövarna i Skuleskogen
Where to find this book
Amazon Amazon CA Amazon UK Amazon Europe Kindle Audible
External links open a book search at the selected retailer. Availability may vary.

Additional book details

Author

Kerstin Ekman

Kerstin Lillemor Ekman (born 1933) is a Swedish novelist. Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels (among others De tre små mästarna and Dödsklockan) but later went on to psychological and social themes. Among her later works is Mörker och blåbärsris (1972) (set in northern Sweden) and Händelser vid vatten (1993), in which she returned to the form of the detective novel. Ekman was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1978, but left the Academy in 1989, together with Lars Gyllensten and Werner Aspenström, due to the debate following death threats posed to Salman Rushdie. According to the rules of the Academy, however,…