Vilhem Moberg's the Emigrants (1949) is the first volume of four telling the story about a family (Karl Oskar & Kristina Nilsson with children) and some other persons from their native village in the South of Sweden that leave their home to live the American dream in the 19th century. They arrive in Minnesota and settles there. Robert, the brother of Karl Oskar, is the dreamer and visionary man that cannot settle but keep going, for gold in Klondyke. Moberg has kept closely to documents of the time, concious to create a realistic description. This is a true master piece of Swedish literature after 1945 and a classic that is a pleasure to read.
"When I chose a party of 16 people, who for different reasons emigrated to America, I did not know what would would happen to them or, of course, how they would change. It was to find out that I wanted to write the novel." /Vilhelm Moberg
