Published in 1983, ‘The Christmas Oratorio’ (Swedish: Juloratoriet) is a novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström that won the ‘Nordic Council Literature Prize’ in 1984. Tunström grew up in Sunne (Värmland), a village that became synonymous with life for the writer. Although the sudden death of his father, a minister, penetrated Göran Tunström’s entire body […]