Memoir books from Sweden
Recommended memoir books (2)
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If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Sweden for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Maus : A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman EN
Description:
Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Characterising the Nazis as cats and the Jews as mice, this book recounts, through a complex and sustained allegory the experiences of the author's father in Auschwitz during WWII.
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The Book of Eels : Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson EN
Description:
National Bestseller Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of the Year One of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Nonfiction Books of the Year One of Smithsonian Magazine's 10 Best Science Books of the Year One of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year A New York Times Editor's Choice Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish--the eel--and a reflection on the human condi... continue