Reviews
Curated and edited by Darcy Hurford
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Frågor jag fått om Förintelsen
The question that starts the book is ‘What was the worst thing you experienced?’ Her answer is simple: ‘The moment I was separated from my parents.’
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Linjen
Elise Karlsson's third novel is a stylistically chilly, pared-back reflection on the workings of our present-day society.
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Laudatur
Peter Sandström's Autumn Apples is a masterpiece of understatement, a brilliantly laconic portrait of the sad vicissitudes of life.
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Hopplöst, men inte allvarligt: konst och politik i Centraleuropa
'...the situation is hopeless ... Perhaps its serious nature will nonetheless lead us to something that we might almost be able to call hope.’
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Slutet på sommaren
Former police officer Anders de la Motte's suspenseful crime novel was nominated Best Swedish Crime Novel Award by the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers.
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Den svavelgula himlen
Although The Sulphur-Yellow Sky begins with a crime, it is not about uncovering a mystery. More than that, it asks how complicit are those who watch, who are involved but not involved, who see but do nothing.
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En enastående karriär
Martin Engberg's entertaining misadventure explores the themes of knowledge, failure, identity and the stresses of academia.
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Båt 370 – Döden på Medelhavet
'... it illuminates, with heartbreaking clarity, reality as lived by the individuals who fall through the gaps in international treaties and EU conventions'
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Doften av en man
What do men want? How is it possible to fulfil their desires, based on their dream of what a woman should be? And how can you escape a marriage that is not your own, but your parents’?
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Modeslavar: den globala jakten på billigare kläder
The scandal, according to Kärnstrand and Andersson Åkerblom, is that the same problems have dominated the industry for decades and show little sign of changing.
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Gryningsstjärna
The second installment in Charlotte Cederlund’s Idijärvi trilogy, a magical YA fantasy that follows teenage misfit Áili in her fight to save her Lapland village from the destructive supernatural forces of the evil Borri noaidi.
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En bror att dö för
Anders Roslund & Stefan Thunberg's taut prose and changes in narrative perspective and tempo make for an intricate psychological drama that crackles on every page.
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In Transit
Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo's works span drama and prose, but always with a poetic touch, and In Transit is no exception.
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Käraste Herman
Maja Hagerman’s impressive research and skilful narrative reveal unexpected events in the life of controversial doctor Herman Lundborg and confirm many misgivings about his work and views.
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Middagsmörker
In this first instalment in the Idijärvi Trilogy, Charlotte Cederlund blends Sami mythology with YA fantasy to create a Nordic coming-of-age novel set under the glow of the Northern Lights.
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Dagar utan ljus, nättar utan mörker
This is futuristic fiction, dealing with a world where nuclear war and its aftermath is the reality but where the potential attacks of tomorrow are even more deadly and frightening – enough to wipe out the entire human race.
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och vi fortsatte att göra någonting rörande
Elis Burrau’s first full-length poetry collection is a fragmented but alluring investigation into finding a poetic identity. It’s an opportunity to sample the very latest of young Swedish poetry.















