The widow, Tea, lives in a village between Lycksele and Norsjö in the Västerbotten
area. She has no income and due to her poverty she is forced to pay her
landlord with her body.
Her son Janna tells her story. He talks of debts and demands that are
mercilessly passed on from generation to generation but which finally are laid
to rest after an unexpected event.
“So it is said, that in the beginning the human body was the only thing
that could be used when something was to be judged. For with the measure that
you measure, it will be measured to you, so You have said Lord, and those words
were also meant for Karl Orsa.”
In addition to this novel, other well-known works by Torgny Lindgren are
Merabs Skönhet (Merhab’s Beauty), Bathsheba, Legender, Ljuset (The Light), Till
Sanningens Lov, Hummelhonung (Hummel Honey), I Brokiga Blads vatten, Pölsan,
Döden ett Bekymmer, Maten, Minnen.