Translations by Kathy Saranpa
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from Best of Husbands by Gun-Britt Sundström
In her seminal novel, which has engaged and provoked readers since its publication in 1976, Gun-Britt Sundström explores the turbulent relationship between two people as they struggle to reconcile their differing needs.
Translated by Kathy Saranpa.
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from The Flight of the Swallows by Majgull Axelsson
In Majgull Axelsson's latest novel, an aging psychologist feels a surprising affinity for an abused teenager who enters her office with a combative demeanour and an armour of foul language. Translated by Kathy Saranpa.
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from Turn My Heart Towards Home by Ann-Luise Bertell
The conditions that inspired Finnish emigrants to search for a better life, predominantly from agricultural Ostrobothnia, find clear-eyed, non-sentimental expression in Ann-Luise Bertell’s Turn My Heart Towards Home.
Translated by Kathy Saranpa.
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from An Endlessly Long Spring by Lida Starodubtseva
Lida Starodubtseva's cycle of short stories from Karelia revolves around questions of personal and political boundaries, as its multifaceted characters endeavour to understand the contexts in which they find themselves. Translated by Kathy Saranpa.
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from Kafka's Lung by Cecilia Hansson
In search of life beyond the strains of the everyday, poet and author Cecilia Hansson sets off on an illuminating personal voyage in Franz Kafka’s footsteps.
Translated by Kathy Saranpa.
Reviews by Kathy Saranpa
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Samlade verk
The most brilliant and beautiful woman you never saw in the best debut you’ve ever read? Collected Works braids three characters into an unforgettable story.
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Björnjägarens döttrar
A band of orphans fights for survival – and against each other – in The Bear Hunter’s Daughters, Anneli Jordahl’s feminist retelling of Aleksis Kivi’s Seven Brothers. While the sisters prove that women can do everything men can do, do they really want to?
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Halva Malmö består av killar som dumpat mig
In Half of Malmö’s Men Have Dumped Me, Amanda Romare takes the reader on a Mr Toad’s wild ride of sex, laughs and disappointment.
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Flickan i Stenparken
Set in quiet Ostrobothnia, Nilla Kjellsdotter’s The Girl in the Stone Park proves that horror – including the worst kind imaginable – can lurk anywhere.
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Själens telegraf
Does honesty matter? In Soul’s Telegraph, Amanda Svensson explores the painful legacy of a mother who can’t – or won’t – tell the truth.
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Kulturbarn
Åsa Beckman sheds light on the traumatic experiences of children of writers in Culture Child: Growing Up in the Shadow of an Author
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En oändligt lång vår
In An Endlessly Long Spring, translator Lida Starodubtseva proves her mettle on a different side of the creative process.
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Ligan
Agitating, gossiping and saving the children: A group of exceptional women journalists emerge from relative obscurity in Fatima Bremmer’s The Pioneers.