Why has it taken me this long to find Lena Andersson? The way she writes how people – especially women – behave, think and feel is extraordinary. I felt seen, and it was not comfortable. I think I know people…
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Human behaviour: a study
Tagged with: August Prize, books, Finnish, Lena Andersson, Pan Macmillan, Sanna Manninen, Sarah Death, Saskia Vogel, Siltala, Studie i mänskligt beteende, Swedish, Translation, Tutkielma inhimillisestä käyttäytymisestä
Posted in books, translation
Posted in books, translation
Ædnan
I was in two minds about this picture, but I think it fits. I took it on the ferry home from Stockholm. Behind the book, you can glimpse the old royal centre of the self-styled “capital of Scandinavia.” That phrase…
Tagged with: Ædnan, books, Linnea Axelsson, Northern Sámi, Poetry, Saskia Vogel, Translation
Posted in books, translation
Posted in books, translation
The Polyglot Lovers
Is this a Marmite book? Or maybe a sour-plum book, given the colour of the cover. My mum spent a large chunk of her childhood in Hong Kong, so she loves them, but they’re too strong for me. My mum…
Tagged with: And Other Stories, Lina Wolff, Saskia Vogel, Sweden, Swedish, The Polyglot Lovers, Translation, writing
Posted in books, gender, international, translation
Posted in books, gender, international, translation
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