Now I have finally read "Campingland" by Josefin Olevik. It must be admitted that it is completely wrong season for a book about camping in summer Sweden, but it has been lying around since last summer.
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Journalist Josefin decides to investigate the phenomenon of camping by renting a rickety camper van and roaming around different campsites for a summer. She has no relationship at all with camping, or rather an anti-relationship: she thinks camping seems strange and odd.
Who is the book written for?
The question is whether she is genuinely interested or whether she wants her prejudices confirmed? The book is largely a list of classic camping attributes: floppy slippers, awnings, dance bands and shopping at Ullared.
As a lonely girl, Josefin becomes an odd bird and feels like a "caged animal", but you don't get the feeling that she's the only one. wool blend in. The question is what she wants to say with this book and who it is written for?
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Lotta says:
Hi Weld
Glad you stopped by
Cosy weekend for you too
I hope you get the car fixed soon.
Kramizzzzz
11 December 2010 - 21:56
anne says:
For someone like me who absolutely does not want to live as close to strangers as campsites seem to imply? 🙂
11 December 2010 - 22:30
Gun says:
Haha, it seems she just wanted to have her prejudices confirmed. Someone who hates camping might possibly find it an enjoyable read....
11 December 2010 - 23:44
Anders och Birgitta says:
That sounds like a book I should definitely not read. I am so tired of everyone having preconceived notions about camping. The TV programmes don't make it any better. Abroad they have a completely different attitude to camping.
12 December 2010 - 10:53
Ama de casa says:
Doesn't sound like a book I would like - I like camping 🙂 .
12 December 2010 - 16:51
Henny och Sten says:
I have also read it and found it to be more like a thesis than an honest story.
12 December 2010 - 16:57
admin says:
Anders and Birgitta, agree that the image of camping that is constantly painted by the media is quite tiring. There are many of us who go camping from time to time, without fitting into that image... We also realise that attitudes to camping are different abroad.
13 December 2010 - 9:56