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from Transitional Space by Jens Liljestrand
In this short story a group of boys with various personality disorders are sent to a remote island for an unorthodox form of therapy.
Translated by Fiona Graham
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from Selma Lagerlöf's The Tale of a Manor by Marcus Ivarsson
A chapter from the graphic-novel version of Selma Lagerlöf's En herrgårdssägen by Marcus Ivarsson.
Introduced and adapted by Ruth Urbom
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from Order is Always Maintained by Pär Thörn
Two graphic short stories from the collection Ordningen upprätts alltid describing the methods, people and places involved in maintaining various types of order.
Introduced and translated by Ruth Urbom
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