Reviews

Thomas Kanger's novel tells the story of the sudden and unexpected occupation of Korsør in Denmark.

Agneta Pleijel's historical novel, set in the eighteenth century, is a study in childbirth.

Ninni Holmqvist’s novel is set in the future, in Sweden, in a society where politics are driven by the forces of economic rationalism, and ethical considerations no longer play a role in its institutions.

Roland Poirier Martinsson gives us a biography of the elusive Archimedes.

Most of the great women depicted in Nina Burton's book were pioneers in ways that might have led to certain death.

Åsa Larsson’s third crime novel dealing with Rebecka Martinsson.

Kjell Westö’s epic novel spans the early twentieth century and a volatile period of Finland's history.

Theodor Kallifatides has produced a novel that is more than an update of the Hercules story.

Mikael Niemi takes a genre and plays with it.

The Linnean system effectively excluded girls from formally studying botany. Ann Granhammer’s novel about the daughter of the great natural scientist can be read as a metaphor for the fate of a whole generation of young women.

Lars Bergquist's detailed and authoritative book is essential reading for anyone interested in Swedenborg.

In Lotta Lundberg's impressive and disturbing novel, a quartet of dwarves and midgets attempts to exchange the freak-show circuit for a place to live and work with dignity.

Fabian Kastner's experimental novel is rooted in the tradition of Perec, Borges, Gombrovicz and Thomas Pynchon.

Staffan Bruun wanted to write about “the worst thing that could happen to a mother-in-law’s dream”, and in this novel he has succeeded admirably.

The Lindström brothers' well argued and researched book will appeal to students and others who enjoy reading Scandinavian history beyond the traditional fare of marauding Vikings.

This historical novel from Carina Burman concerns the doings of a group of Swedes in Rome.