Anne Swärd

When a snowstorm descends on the wedding party, it is so cold the knife won’t cut through the wedding cake and the bubbles freeze in the champagne glasses.

Anne Swärd’s novel is beautifully written, in controlled, evocative, at times aphoristic language; there is writing to savour on every page.

A curated list of compelling historical fiction, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.

Anne Swärd’s second novel is a disturbing account of a family blown apart, trying after 20 years to find each other (or perhaps avoid doing so).