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To Cook a Bear (2017)

de Mikael Niemi

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Fiction. Literature. Mythology. Historical Fiction. HTML:AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES UK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLINGSTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION AWARD
??So much to relish here . . . and the writing is just lovely!? 
??Diane Setterfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale and Once Upon a River
A fantastic tale set in the far north of Sweden in 1852 following a runaway Sami boy and his mentor, the famous pastor Laestadius, as they investigate a murder in their village along with the mysteries of life.

Jussi, a runaway, becomes Laestadius's faithful son and disciple, and the two set out on botanical treks filled with philosophical discussions where Jussi learns all about plants and nature; and also how to read and write and about spirituality. But their quiet days are interrupted when a maid goes missing in the forest. When she is found dead, the locals suspect a predatory bear is at large. The constable is quick to offer a reward for capturing it, but Laestadius sees other traces that point to a far worse killer on the loose.
After another maid is severely injured, Jussi and the pastor work to track down the murderer, unaware of the evil that is closing in on them. For it is revivalist times, and impassioned faith spreads like wildfire among the locals. While Laestadius's powerful Sunday sermons grant salvation to farmers and workers, they gain him enemies among local rulers, who see profits dwindle as people choose revival over alcohol.
A completely absorbing and unforgettable novel, To Cook a Bear both entertains and burrows deep down into the great philosophical questions
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Early in “To Cook a Bear” (2017), Swedish author Mikael Niemi's amazing novel, one finds a discussion of what makes a person good. Jussi, the outcast boy whom Laestadius, a famous pastor (and true historical figure) has adopted informally as his son, suggests the pastor himself as the model of a good person. The pastor, in turn, points to Jussi. "If you're so quiet that you disappear, how could you be evil?" he says.

This question of what makes a person good or evil becomes a dominant theme in the novel, which is ultimately a murder mystery. Both Jussi and Laestadius are placed in situations where they must do evil deeds for good ends.

The savage killing of the first young woman is blamed on a bear, which is later caught, killed and eaten. The pastor, however, notices evidence the sheriff chooses to ignore, evidence that points to a human attacker. Then another girl is assaulted. When she later dies, the sheriff attributes it to suicide. Again the pastor knows better.

Eventually, after the sheriff finally agrees there must be a human culprit, it is Jussi who is arrested, convicted and sentenced to decapitation. When Laestadius identifies the true murderer, the question becomes whether evil is the only way to fight evil. Who then is good?

Niemi writes a beautiful novel, which even in translation often reads like poetry. ( )
  hardlyhardy | Sep 14, 2023 |
Lars Levi Laestadius (1800 – 1861) was a Swedish pastor, botanist and author active in the far north of Sweden, and a key figure in the pietist Lutheran revival movement. He was of Sami descent and had a Sami wife. One of the problems which plagued Sami communities at the time was alcoholism, a scourge which Laestadius had experienced first-hand as the son of an often absent and alcoholic father. Indeed, one of the key aspects of Laestadius’ ministry was its emphasis on teetotalism. This and other factors of the revivalist movement placed him in direct confrontation with the establishment.

Laestadius features as an unlikely detective in Mikael Naemi’s historical novel Koka Björn. A runaway success in the author’s native Sweden, the novel is now being published in English as To Cook a Bear, in a masterful translation by Deborah Bragan-Turner.

A milkmaid goes missing in the rural parish where Laestadius ministers to the faithful. All clues point to an attack by a bear, which is captured and killed by the villagers some days later. Laestadius, however, is not convinced. His suspicious are proven correct when attacks on young women resume, despite the bear’s capture. Laestadius uses his keen sense of logic and observation, honed through years of botanical expeditions, as well as his understanding of human nature, to solve the mystery.

It is surprising how, at least in the hands of a good author, the tropes of crime fiction seem never to get old. Sherlock Holmes had his chronicler, Watson, and the concept of a lead investigator and a sidekick is an almost inescapable feature of detective fiction. In Laestadius’ case, the assistant and narrator (at least, for most of the novel) is Jussi, a teenage runaway from the North, to whom the Preacher becomes a mentor. Laestadius is pitted against Sheriff Brahe, who heads the official investigation alongside Constable Michelsson. Unlike Conan Doyle’s Lestrade, however, who is dedicated and determined if no match for Sherlock’s genius, Brahe is both incompetent and sleazy.

There are nods to other well-worn tropes, such as (in one instance) a locked-room mystery of the type which has been puzzling crime readers since the Biblical tale of Bel and the Dragon.

In the crowded market of crime fiction, To Kill a Bear stands out because it has the features of the best historical novels. Rather than being an exotic appendage to the story, the setting becomes one with the reading experience, fuelling the plot, the characters’ motivations and, more importantly, their very thought processes. The real facts of Laestadius’ life are nicely woven into the fiction, and the descriptions – at times a veritable assault on the senses – brilliantly evoke the lives of the villagers with all their challenges and privations. What I liked particularly however is the way in which the novel recreates the mind-set of the era, rather than lazily presenting us with a cast of contemporary characters dressed in fancy historical costume.

There is another intriguing theme running through the novel. Jussi learns to read and write thanks to the pastor’s efforts. As one new to expressing himself in the written word, Jussi frequently digresses into philosophical musings about writing and books, and has conversations with the pastor about the subject. At one stage there is also a quaint meta-fictional passage where the characters discuss the power of books and, self-referentially, whether a time will come when novels “about murder and death… about the effects of wickedness” will become common. The pastor feels that books like these could be dangerous. Jussi begs to disagree. Surely a novel where “you can follow the devil being fought and in the end being wrestled to the ground” could even serve a moral purpose?

As the mood of the novel gets darker and the violence more explicit, one starts wondering whether To Cook a Bear will manage to conclude in a way which fits Jussi’s template of the “righteous crime novel”. I won’t be so mean as to reveal the answer to that.

https://endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-cook-a-bear-by-Mikael-Niemi.html ( )
  JosephCamilleri | Feb 21, 2023 |
DNF. p.112. Lost interest.
  pacbox | Jul 9, 2022 |
Set in Swedish Lappland in 1850, this crime novel features the real-life naturalist and revivalist preacher Lars Levi Laestadius.
The preacher takes in a runaway Sami boy, child of drunken and abusive parents. Both he and the child face public opprobium- the child for his strangeness, the preacher for his efforts to promote teetotalism.
And then a young farm girl is found killed...by a bear? But other deaths follow, and it seems the killer is in their midst.
With Laestadius bringing his minute scientific observations to try to discen the culprit...but with a dull witted and obstreperous local sherif hampering justice...this is nevertheless so much more than a whodunnit.
Read the whole thing in a day and a half- you cant put it down! ( )
  starbox | Jan 23, 2022 |
Lars Levi Laestadius (1800 – 1861) was a Swedish pastor, botanist and author active in the far north of Sweden, and a key figure in the pietist Lutheran revival movement. He was of Sami descent and had a Sami wife. One of the problems which plagued Sami communities at the time was alcoholism, a scourge which Laestadius had experienced first-hand as the son of an often absent and alcoholic father. Indeed, one of the key aspects of Laestadius’ ministry was its emphasis on teetotalism. This and other factors of the revivalist movement placed him in direct confrontation with the establishment.

Laestadius features as an unlikely detective in Mikael Naemi’s historical novel Koka Björn. A runaway success in the author’s native Sweden, the novel is now being published in English as To Cook a Bear, in a masterful translation by Deborah Bragan-Turner.

A milkmaid goes missing in the rural parish where Laestadius ministers to the faithful. All clues point to an attack by a bear, which is captured and killed by the villagers some days later. Laestadius, however, is not convinced. His suspicious are proven correct when attacks on young women resume, despite the bear’s capture. Laestadius uses his keen sense of logic and observation, honed through years of botanical expeditions, as well as his understanding of human nature, to solve the mystery.

It is surprising how, at least in the hands of a good author, the tropes of crime fiction seem never to get old. Sherlock Holmes had his chronicler, Watson, and the concept of a lead investigator and a sidekick is an almost inescapable feature of detective fiction. In Laestadius’ case, the assistant and narrator (at least, for most of the novel) is Jussi, a teenage runaway from the North, to whom the Preacher becomes a mentor. Laestadius is pitted against Sheriff Brahe, who heads the official investigation alongside Constable Michelsson. Unlike Conan Doyle’s Lestrade, however, who is dedicated and determined if no match for Sherlock’s genius, Brahe is both incompetent and sleazy.

There are nods to other well-worn tropes, such as (in one instance) a locked-room mystery of the type which has been puzzling crime readers since the Biblical tale of Bel and the Dragon.

In the crowded market of crime fiction, To Kill a Bear stands out because it has the features of the best historical novels. Rather than being an exotic appendage to the story, the setting becomes one with the reading experience, fuelling the plot, the characters’ motivations and, more importantly, their very thought processes. The real facts of Laestadius’ life are nicely woven into the fiction, and the descriptions – at times a veritable assault on the senses – brilliantly evoke the lives of the villagers with all their challenges and privations. What I liked particularly however is the way in which the novel recreates the mind-set of the era, rather than lazily presenting us with a cast of contemporary characters dressed in fancy historical costume.

There is another intriguing theme running through the novel. Jussi learns to read and write thanks to the pastor’s efforts. As one new to expressing himself in the written word, Jussi frequently digresses into philosophical musings about writing and books, and has conversations with the pastor about the subject. At one stage there is also a quaint meta-fictional passage where the characters discuss the power of books and, self-referentially, whether a time will come when novels “about murder and death… about the effects of wickedness” will become common. The pastor feels that books like these could be dangerous. Jussi begs to disagree. Surely a novel where “you can follow the devil being fought and in the end being wrestled to the ground” could even serve a moral purpose?

As the mood of the novel gets darker and the violence more explicit, one starts wondering whether To Cook a Bear will manage to conclude in a way which fits Jussi’s template of the “righteous crime novel”. I won’t be so mean as to reveal the answer to that.

https://endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-cook-a-bear-by-Mikael-Niemi.html ( )
  JosephCamilleri | Jan 1, 2022 |
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De Zweedse schrijver Mikael Niemi kun je inmiddels wel betitelen als de chroniquer van het leven in het uiterste noorden van Zweden en dan met name van het gedeelte van Lapland dat op het grensgebied ligt met Finland. Zelf is hij geboren en getogen in het plaatsje Pajala dat in het gebied ligt. Niemi is dat ook bij uitstek geschikt om te kunnen invoelen hoe het is om te leven in dit zeer dun bevolkte gebied waar de winters extreem koud en donker zijn en de zon in de zomer niet of nauwelijks achter de horizon verdwijnt…lees verder >
 
«Koke bjørn»: Uventet spennende
Et originalt krimmysterium driver fortellingen fram. Men det er Mikael Niemis tanker om fortelling og verdighet som virkelig gjør «Koke bjørn» verdt tida.
adicionado por annek49 | editarDagsavisen, Gerd Elin Stava Sandve (Mar 2, 2019)
 
Vekkelsespredikanten er detektiv i Mikael Niemis nye roman
Mikael Niemi er på sitt beste i en fascinerende roman som lar mordmysterier og litterære erfaringer gå opp i en høyere enhet.
adicionado por annek49 | editarAftenposten, Anne Merethe K. Prinos (Mar 1, 2019)
 
Gudbenådet krim
Legendariske Læstadius blir en Sherlock Holmes i denne ekstraordinære historiske kriminalromanen.
adicionado por annek49 | editarDagbladet, Cathrine Krøger (Feb 14, 2019)
 
Sherlock Holmes frå Pajala
Denne romanen stinkar: av kadaver, fattigdom og helvetes svovelpølar. Det er berre ein av kvalitetane ved «Koke bjørn».
Mikael Niemi har skapt eit fengslande bilde av ei tid, eit miljø og av ein kontroversiell religiøs leiar.
adicionado por annek49 | editarNRK, Marta Norheim (Feb 8, 2019)
 

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Fiction. Literature. Mythology. Historical Fiction. HTML:AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A SUNDAY TIMES UK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLINGSTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION AWARD
??So much to relish here . . . and the writing is just lovely!? 
??Diane Setterfield, New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Tale and Once Upon a River
A fantastic tale set in the far north of Sweden in 1852 following a runaway Sami boy and his mentor, the famous pastor Laestadius, as they investigate a murder in their village along with the mysteries of life.

Jussi, a runaway, becomes Laestadius's faithful son and disciple, and the two set out on botanical treks filled with philosophical discussions where Jussi learns all about plants and nature; and also how to read and write and about spirituality. But their quiet days are interrupted when a maid goes missing in the forest. When she is found dead, the locals suspect a predatory bear is at large. The constable is quick to offer a reward for capturing it, but Laestadius sees other traces that point to a far worse killer on the loose.
After another maid is severely injured, Jussi and the pastor work to track down the murderer, unaware of the evil that is closing in on them. For it is revivalist times, and impassioned faith spreads like wildfire among the locals. While Laestadius's powerful Sunday sermons grant salvation to farmers and workers, they gain him enemies among local rulers, who see profits dwindle as people choose revival over alcohol.
A completely absorbing and unforgettable novel, To Cook a Bear both entertains and burrows deep down into the great philosophical questions

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