Sami Said

An impressive novel by Sami Said that entertains, provokes and moves in equal measure.

How challenging it is to be caught between two – or more – worlds.

A curated list of recent gems in Swedish-language literary fiction, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.

What is evil, and how does it relate to who we are? Is the desert the setting of Sami Said's thematically heavy, yet lyrically light novel, or is it the emotional world itself? There is life in every corner, but is the desert chiefly pregnant with miracles, or evil?