Reviews

Essays on entomology.

Arra has never spoken a word, but has learnt to recognise and sing all the songs of the trees and the river.

This picture book for three to six year olds is a welcome addition to any child’s bookshelf but to their parents’ coffee table as well.

Who in their right mind would speak up for a paedophile island?

As we move smoothly and cinematically between locations, we sense that a secondary purpose of the author is to muddy the division between autobiography and fiction. Even our own lives are stories, after all, in which we figure as the heroes. Can anyone know this better than a filmmaker?

Thought-provoking non-fiction on how women are left out of the study of economics and human behaviour, and how this affects human understanding of the world economy.

An interesting blend of social realism and crime fiction.

These plays provide a genuinely compelling narrative experience in their own right.

A great source of information and an articulate companion to crime fiction as a literary genre.

Intelligent discussion of democratic political processes.

Urban fantasy with a distinctly Nordic flavour.

Inspired by classic stories and computer adventure games.

Handberg's novel hauntingly describes that strange, becalmed yet activity-filled bubble we inhabit between the death and funeral of a parent.

A companion text to the exhibition of the same name at Bonniers Konsthall.

A collection of Andersson’s reflections on his experiences while translating James Joyce.

A masterly portrayal of small, frightened teenage souls trapped in growing, awkward, sweaty bodies.

The reader eavesdrops on a nocturnal phone conversation with a friend, in which the events of the day slowly unfold.

Everything about Linda Olsson’s writing is permeated by nature, gentleness, longing and loving. She makes it personal, drawing you slowly but inevitably into her story, so that you care about the characters, as if they were your own kin.