Short story books from Sweden
Recommended short story books (2)
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If you are into short story here are some short story books from Sweden for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten EN
Description:
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home. Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from t... continue
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer : A Novella by Fredrik Backman EN
Description:
Paints the portrait of an elderly man's struggle to hold on to his most precious memories and his family's efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go.