Translations
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Beasts by Stina Stoor
Stina Stoor's prize-winning Beasts is a masterful tale full of dialect, idiolect and a strong sense of place.
Translated by Nichola Smalley
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from 62 Days by Cilla Naumann
This novel for young adults by Cilla Naumann is set in Southern Sweden, in a coastal community that fills with city-dwellers every summer. This year it just rains and rains, until they greyness turns black...
Translated by Nichola Smalley
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from Asphalt Angels by Johanna Holmström
This novel navigates the complexities of being young, female and Muslim in Finland
Translated by Nichola Smalley
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from Peace by Thella Johnson
Thella Johnson's debut novel is a tender portrayal of an unforgettable family and the post-war people of Sweden and Finland, two countries close as siblings. Translated by Nichola Smalley.
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from When I Was Eleven I Knew It All by Emma Ahlgren
Composed of short poetic fragments, Emma Ahlgren's precise, multifaceted and at times dark second collection of poetry explores a young woman’s life, and the many roles and states that she comes – or is made – to inhabit.
Translated by Nichola Smalley.
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from Europe by Maxim Grigoriev
In Maxim Grigoriev's widely acclaimed second novel, dreams flounder in the face of reality in a young man's first, life-altering encounter with Paris.
Translated by Nichola Smalley.
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from Radio Yerevan by Zara Uzun Kjellner
Kjellner's critically acclaimed, transnational novel that electrically wires the fractured lives of the Kurdish diaspora across haunted landscapes of flashing monitors, where traditional borders have dissolved into thin air and become meaningless…
Translated by Nichola Smalley.
Reviews
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De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar
Johannes Anyuru's novel, a searing warning about a possible future, frames a strong message in breathtaking prose.
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Allt jag inte minns
Khemiri is known for his ironically self- referential approach to writing.
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Huset mittemot
Haridi grapples with tricky subjects such as mental illness and urban poverty from a child’s skewed perspective.
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Sokrates död
One should expect nothing less from a press born of the short-lived magazine Const Literary (P)review.
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Bobo i apskolan
The playfulness thinly veils a more serious message – the lack of status afforded to education and learning in modern society.
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Racismen i Sverige
A collection of texts that offer possible solutions to apparently insurmountable problems.
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Vitsvit
This prose poem turns a mirror on the life of a family, a society, and a human being, and in doing so, makes the reader see the world in a different way.
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Jungfrustenen
Personalities as varied as Greta Garbo, Linnaeus and Goethe; a disastrous Nobel Prize ceremony, desperate rides in stolen cars, the snow-covered roads of the Arctic Circle.
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Jag har letat efter dig
Love and multiculturalism in Finland in the early twenty-first century.
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En storm kom från paradiset
Renowned for his vivid imagery and soul-searching portrayals of contemporary urban life in Sweden, poet and author Johannes Anyuru returns with an intensely personal tale of suffering and determination.
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Arra. Legender från Lavora
Arra has never spoken a word, but has learnt to recognise and sing all the songs of the trees and the river.
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Belägring
The reader eavesdrops on a nocturnal phone conversation with a friend, in which the events of the day slowly unfold.
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Wrestlarna
Four individual narratives wind through the cold, technologically-mediated world of today’s youth.
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Som hundarna i Lafayette Park
In Anneli Jordahl's Like the Dogs in Lafayette Park, a Swedish woman obsessed with class-related injustice finds inspiration in the work of the Black Panther movement.
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Änglavakter
The third book in Kristina Ohlsson’s series of crime novels centred on a police team in Stockholm.
Reviews highlights series
Recent Gems in Literary Fiction
A curated list of recent gems in Swedish-language literary fiction, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.
Reviews highlights series
Narrative Non-Fiction
A curated list of recent highlights in narrative non-fiction, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.
Reviews highlights series
Thought-Provoking Poetry
A curated list of thought-provoking recent poetry collections, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.
Reviews highlights series
Books for Children
A curated list of recent highlights in picture books and chapter books for young readers, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.
Reviews highlights series
Women in Translation
Celebrating Women in Translation Month, with a selection of writers and works presented in translation on Swedish Book Review.
