Sara Stridsberg: Kärlekens Antarktis (Antarctica of Love)
The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg's . This is one of those novels where the narrator is dead. Kristine, drug addict and prostitute, but also mother, sister…
Sara Lidman: Regnspiran (The Rain Bird)
The latest addition to my website is Sara Lidman's Regnspiran (The Rain Bird). The novel tells the story of a small Swedish farming community at the very end of the…
Sara Lidman: Tjärdalen [The Tar Still]
The latest addition to my website is Sara Lidman's Tjärdalen [The Tar Still]. This is Lidman's first novel, telling the story of a remote Swedish village. Nils has spent a…
Johannes Anyuru: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar (They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears)
The latest addition to my website is Johannes Anyuru's De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar (They Will Drown in Their Mothers’ Tears). Anyuru is Swedish but with a…
Sara Stridsberg: Drömfakulteten (UK: Faculty of Dreams; US: Valerie)
The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg's Drömfakulteten (UK: Faculty of Dreams; US: Valerie) . The US title - Valerie - gives a much better idea of the…
Sara Stridsberg: Beckomberga: Ode till min familj (Gravity of Love)
The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg's Ode till min familj (Gravity of Love). This is Sara Stridsberg's first novel translated into English (another one will be published…
Sweden/Lithuania
I have just returned from a trip to Sweden and Lithuania. In Sweden, I stayed in the small town of Växjö (small but with a large university in its outskirts).…
Gustaf Hellström: Snörmakare Lekholm får en idé (Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea)
The latest addition to my website is Gustaf Hellström's Snörmakare Lekholm får en idé (Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea). This is Hellström's only book translated into English and a very…