Penguin Nils Holgersson

On the back of the goose through the land: The children's book classic from Sweden in unabridged form. Just think of how much entertainment you would hear if you could fly with the geese across the entire country, all the way up to Lapland. The mischievous boy Nils is transformed into a thumb-sized figure by a goblin. On the back of the gander Martin, who wants to join a wild flock, he leaves his parents' farm. It marks the beginning of an adventurous journey from Skåne to the northernmost corners of Sweden, at the end of which Nils will no longer be the same. Selma Lagerlöf was the first woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Nils Holgersson, her most famous work, is a love letter to her homeland of Sweden and its people, animals, landscapes, and legends. There is currently no poet who possesses even close to this epic power. Hermann Hesse. Nils Holgersson, the hero of our childhood: widely adapted and celebrated worldwide. Complete edition. Now in the most famous classic series in the world.