Sofia lost her legs in a landmine accident, but now she's growing up and is ready to fall in love. Her older sister is beautiful and loves dancing, but how will Sofia get anyone to notice her?
Ekman's central character is Skord, a magical being who is neither man nor animal. The novel begins in the Middle Ages when Skord finds himself in a forest with no memory, no past and no language. As he observes the behaviour of the human beings he meets
Winner of top literary prizes in Sweden and France, Enquist's epic of power, love, and madness in 1760s Denmark is an extraordinarily elegant and gorgeous novel.
In The Book about Blanche and Marie, Enquist has once again found inspiration from the historical record, this time exploring the fascinatingly complex relationship between two of the twentieth century’s most remarkable women: Blanche Wittman, the famou
Is he an impostor, the peculiar magnetist Friedrich Meisner, or is he a man of marvelous gifts – or maybe both?A German magnetist and doctor named Meisner arrives in Seefond in the autumn of 1793. In the town lives a doctor together with his blind daugh
Han tänker att minnestalet han höll till Modern i Församlingsgården nog borde revideras.Vid flodens strand står en flock av döende vänner, de vädjar att han ska förklara hur allt hänger ihop, till exempel detta med kärleken.Och kvinnan i Larsso
Liksom Strindberg skrev om sitt liv i tredje person, i Tjänstekvinnans son, skriver PO Enquist om sig själv som "honom", den faderlöse lärarinnepojken från Hjoggböle, tidig medlem i nykterhetsorganisationen Hoppets här och lovande höjdhoppare. Han
