Nelly

by Stig Claesson

Man kan inte med bästa vilja i världen påstå att herr Nilsson ofta tänke sig för. Detta är naturligtvis en brist hos herr Nilsson eftersom det ju är så i vårt samhälle att de flesta människor tänker sig för både en och två gånger innan de kastar sig in i ett nytt äventyr...

I Nelly berättar Stig Claesson om en människa som har svårt att finna sig till rätta, som aldrig har möjlighet att välja mellan rätt eller fel väg - en klok, vemodig och minnesvärd berättelse.

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

John Stig Claesson, also known under his signature Slas, was a Swedish writer, visual artist, and illustrator. Claesson was born on 2 June 1928 in Huddinge, south of Stockholm. He attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts between 1947 and 1952, during which time he began to illustrate Swedish literature such as the novels of Per Anders Fogelström. Claesson was the father of actor Leif Claesson.

Claesson debuted in his writing career in 1956, when he was 28 years of age. During his career Claesson published more than 80 books. A number of his books are based on travel abroad and move in the frontier between reporting and fiction. Among his best-known works include En vandring i solen (Walking in the Sun, 1976), which was made into a film with Gösta Ekman in the role of the main character. Claesson provided works about the remote and rural regions of Sweden and describe the conflict between the town and the country in books such as Vem älskar Yngve Frej (1968; Who loves Yngve Frej), which was translated into 10 languages and was filmed for television in 1973 starring Allan Edwall. A stage adaption was created in the 1990s. His last book was God Natt Fröken Ann (Goodnight, Miss Ann), published in 2006.

Stig Claesson's work has received many awards, such as the literature prize of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize. The University of Uppsala awarded him an honorary doctorate degree in 1974.

The elder Claesson died on 4 January 2008 in Stockholm.

Reviews

[Andre Persson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kanske inte en av Slas bästa, men ändå läsvärd och lite tänkvärd.
Känns som många av Stig Claessons böcker lite obearbetad, lite som att han bara skrev utan att läsa eller skriva om vad han skrivit.

[Farbror the Guru · Rating 3 out of 5]

En genomsnittlig Slas. Kanske en som jag läser om för att det känns som om jag har missat något.

[Udo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Det repetitiva och korthuggna är Slas signum, men här lyfter det aldrig. Det blir mest svamligt. Blåbärsmaskinen går på tomgång.