Set in a Swedish village about to enter the modern age, the story begins in the 1870s, as an excited and suspicious citizenry await the first train to arrive at their newly constructed station. We're introduced gradually to a townful of hardy and endearin
When Hillevi, a young, inexperienced midwife, moves from the university town of Uppsala to the wilderness of Svartvattnet (Blackwater) to be with her unofficial fiancé, she is ill prepared for what awaits her. In this frigid, austere, and isolated territ
Desiree is an April witch, clairvoyant and omniscient, traveling through time and space into the world denied her. April Witch created a furor upon its original publication in Sweden. Addressing themes of mother-daughter relationships, competition between
Systrarna Steffi och Nelli är tolv och åtta år gamla. De skickas av sina föräldrar till Sverige för att undkomma judeförföljelserna i sitt hemland Österrike. Systrarna vet ingenting om Sverige, bara att de ska bo på en ö i Göteborgs skärgård
A Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book, The Lily Pond continues the story of two Jewish sisters who left Austria during WWII/Holocaust and found refuge in Sweden.A year after Stephie Steiner and her younger sister, N
In a village nestling at the foot of a snowy mountain in Lapland, Constable Torsson receives a phone call from an outlying district. He skis off to investigate the death of a teacher following a drunken brawl. The dark deeds of winter finally come to ligh
On Midsummer's Eve, 1974, Annie Raft arrives with her daughter Mia in the remote Swedish village of Blackwater to join her lover Dan on a nearby commune. On her journey through the deep forest, she sumbles upon the site of a grisly double murder--a crime
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
"I Hjalmar Söderbergs Doktor Glas läste jag om den livgiriga skuggan på väggen som tar mannens liv och börjar leva på egen hand. Ett ont liv. Man kan också ta en annan människas liv med kaliumcyanid. Som Tyko Glas gjorde. Hur kommer man därhän?
