Reviews

Much has been written and said about Strindberg and his attitude to women, but not many books have been written from the point of view of his women.

The colon in the title ushers the reader into this world, the world of the beautiful but socially inept, and a world made up of triangles.

In our current civilisation almost defined by personal mobility, how should one define a writer in exile?

An exciting story, skilfully told, in the 'adventure tale' category.

Four individual narratives wind through the cold, technologically-mediated world of today’s youth.

A captivating, complex novel: Palm paints beautiful images of wintry Stockholm and arouses a palpable impression of the 1980s.

The suspense grows and there is nothing for it but to read on.

Continues Frostenson’s weaving together of ideas, use of contradictory images, transformations and unpredictable leaps that have made her one of Sweden’s most revered poets.

A witty, metafictional confection combining a thriller plot with many other strands.

The blurb speaks of ‘a hilarious play on the idea of autofiction’ – and so it is. The story about the famous writer Lillemor Troj is closely based on Kerstin Lillemor Ekman’s own literary career.

Palm concentrates on an area he knows very well: the work of a pathologist specialising in crime victims.

This is a novel about gender. It is about coming to terms with the fact that in our society you are sorted into the ‘not powerful’ category of people if you happen to have a female body.

The Agency of the title is a London theatre agency, run by a larger-than-life character called Semolina Pritchard.

A delightful comedy with touches of realism.

An original and humorous novel capturing not only quintessentially Swedish, but also very western phenomena of modern life.

New works by and about the poet and the art of translation.

Grips you by the throat, a great novel that tells you something about la condition humaine – and also a very Swedish one, with links to writers like Vilhelm Moberg and Harry Martinson.

The third book in Kristina Ohlsson’s series of crime novels centred on a police team in Stockholm.