The almost nearly perfect people : behind the myth of the scandinavian utopia af Michael Booth (Bog)

Forfatter: Michael Booth
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 406
Forlag: Vintage
Udgivelsesår: 2014
The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes. 'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world. Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen. 54 per cent of Icelanders believe in elves. Norway is the richest country on earth. 5 per cent of Danish men have had sex with an animal. Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians, on and off, for over ten years, perplexed by their many strange paradoxes and character traits and equally bemused by the unquestioning enthusiasm for all things Nordic that has engulfed the rest of the world. He leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success and, most intriguing of all, what they think of each other. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterised by suffocating parochialism and populated by extremists of various shades
Titel: The almost nearly perfect people : behind the myth of the scandinavian utopia

Sammendrag: Michael Booth har boet blandt de skandinaviske lande i over ti år og forsøger i denne bog at afsløre de mange paradokser, der kendetegner disse nationer. Han besøger alle fem nordiske lande for at finde ud af hemmelighederne bag deres succes og hvad de tænker om hinanden. Undervejs kommer der et nuanceret, ofte mørkere billede af en region plaget af tabuer, lokalpatriotisme og ekstremisme i mange former.
Type: Paperback