Description: Skord, an engaging and mischievous magical being, neither man nor animal, finds himself alone in a woodland with no memory, no past, and no language. For the next 500 years, he studies the people of the forest and their language, copies their behavior, and embarks on a journey to learn the strange ways of men. With each century that passes, his understanding deepens, and he educates himself in the ways of alchemist, surgeon, and naturalist. But despite all his accumulated knowledge, Skord finds it difficult to resist the call of the forest...A dazzling tale from one of Sweden's most prominent novelists.

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