The novel, like the rest of the trilogy, is partly autobiographical and depicts social life on the Karelia Isthmus. Parland's made his literature debut in 1945, but had his breakthrough in 1953 with Den förtrollade vägen (in English The Enchanted Road). In his professional life as a psychiatrist, he used art therapy as a method. In 1947 he was employed at Nickby in Sibbo where he worked for almost thirty years, first as a doctor and then as chief physician 1960–1975. He specialized in nerve and mental illnesses and worked in the 1940s at Pitkäniemi and Lappviken Hospital. Parland graduated from gymnasium in 1930 and received his medical degree in 1944. The brotherhood also included Herman Parland. The brothers Henry Parland and Ralf Parland also became writers who wrote in Swedish. Russian and German were the family's home languages, and it was only at the age of ten that Oscar Parland learned the language that would become his author's language, namely Swedish. The family lived in Russia until the end of 1919 when they due to the revolution moved to Finland, first to Kilo in Espoo and after a couple of years to Grankulla. Parland is known for the praised trilogy Den förtrollade vägen, Tjurens år and Spegelgossen. Oscar Percival Parland (Ap– September 27, 1997) was a Finland Swedish author, translator and psychiatrist.
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