The Christmas Oratorio

For the music by Bach, see Christmas Oratorio. For other works, see Christmas Oratorio (disambiguation).

The Christmas Oratorio (Swedish: Juloratoriet) is a 1983 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström. It won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1984.^[1] J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio plays an important part in the novel.

The Christmas Oratorio

First edition
Author	Göran Tunström
Original title	Juloratoriet
Translator	Paul Hoover
Cover artist	Jan Biberg
Language	Swedish
Set in	Värmland, Sweden New Zealand
Published	1983
Publisher	Bonniers
Publication place	Sweden
Pages	329
ISBN	91-0-045394-3

It was adapted into a film version [sv] in 1996.^[2]