A legend opens the book: in Rome a copy of a miraculous image of the Christ child is made, bearing the words “My kingdom is only of this world”. The false image reaches Diamante, a hill town on the slopes of Etna, in the 1890s, where Lagerlöf weaves its supposed miracles into the lives of poor villagers, a priest, a storyteller and the rising socialist movement.
A strange, lyrical novel of faith and politics by the Swedish writer who later won the Nobel Prize. Download the free EPUB.