Food in books: potato pancake from The Emigrants

The meal from this Swedish novel makes Kate Young reflect on the journeys her ancestors embarked on for a better life in the ‘New World’ – and her own

By Kate Young for The Little Library Café, part of the Guardian Books Network

Kristina had baked a potato pancake which she divided among husband, children, and brother-in-law; as yet she would not open the butter tub.

The Emigrants, Vilhelm Moberg

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