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100	1		_aSöderberg, Hjalmar, _d1869-1941
240	1	0	_aMartin Bircks ungdom. English
245	1	0	_aMartin Birck's youth
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-04-05
508			_aSean (@parchmentglow), Paul Fatula and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"Martin Birck's youth" by Hjalmar Söderberg is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the sensitive, observant Martin Birck from childhood into young adulthood in Stockholm, charting his family affections, first friendships and desires, and the growth of a skeptical, self-questioning mind amid a rapidly modernizing city. The tone blends delicate realism with quiet irony and melancholy as Martin measures home, faith, and ambition against experience. The opening of the novel is preceded by a translator’s preface that introduces Söderberg as a subtle, skeptical realist and frames the book’s quiet artistry. The story then begins with Martin’s childhood: a dreamlike garden turns ominous, a raucous pear‑harvest in the yard reveals neighbors and class tensions, and a visit to Ida Dupont’s home mixes childish play with the allure of Catholic ritual. Evenings bring his father’s crafts and music, his mother’s songs, and his grandmother’s vivid gossip, offset by Martin’s sudden loneliness, fear of the dark, and first awareness of death. Winter and spring pass in crisp vignettes—church bells, Uncle Abraham’s somber household, Shrove Tuesday feathers, Good Friday shadows, a troubling Punch-and-Judy show, and an idyllic summer by the bridge, where Johan’s tales of ghosts and sin mingle with a public scolding that shames the boy. Returning to a changing city, Martin meets schoolyard perils and the cruelty of the rowdy Franz, then learns the codes of the high school yard while absorbing half-truths from teachers and crude lore from peers. Finally, after receiving his white student cap, he impulsively kisses a shopgirl’s hand, endures his mother’s anxious warnings, walks to a celebratory supper musing on art and fame, and sits with his friend Henrik as dusk and music give way to a hesitant talk about chastity and desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930
653			_aBildungsromans
653			_aStockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction
653			_aSwedish fiction -- Translations into English
700	1		_aNadejen, Theodore, _d1889-1974
700	1		_aStork, Charles Wharton, _d1881-1971
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/martinbircksyout0000sode/page/n7/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78363
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