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A stunning collection of short stories - so grateful that this author took the time to translate her work into English. Stylish, eerie, and thoughtful - surely a collection worth revisiting!

Okay, well, that was a trip. These stories are beautiful, and bizarre ... and kind of a 🤯 I can‘t really describe them. But I finished them all in one sitting, so I guess that says something.

An unusual and interesting collection of stories that skirt the line between fantastic and unsettling.
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I‘m rarely in to short stories but these ones are gripping.

Mini book haul from the Swedish sci fi bookshop around the corner from my hotel! Left is a translated book of short stories by a Swedish author, and right is a gorgeous American edition of Ursula LeGuin - the British editions of hers just aren‘t as beautiful as the US ones

This was a difficult one to rate. On one hand there were certainly interesting ideas and good stories. But ultimately I couldn't completely connect and it took me days to read a fairly slim volume. The last few stories were probably the best, I really liked the one I had read earlier this year in Sisters of the Revolution. This was very close to a pick -- I feel it might have just been my August slump keeping me from fully appreciating.

It's been a lazy reading month so I haven't updated much but started this sff story collection. I actually had it on my list awhile but apparently it just released here? I'm not sure how I came across it a year or two ago to add it to my tbr. Withholding judgement -- I'm interested enough but can't gauge how I *feel* yet.

This collection was so lovely and strange. Tidbeck has such a light, subtle hand that it seems perfectly natural for a carrot-baby to be born in a can, or a man to fall in love with an airship named Beatrice. Fantastic - on every sense of the word. ❤️

I immediately checked out Tidbeck‘s recent novel Amatka when I finished this. Her writing is magical and mysterious, seamlessly weaving together Swedish folklore and the supernatural with everyday life. Each story in this collection is captivating and unique. Her storytelling & quirkiness reminds me of Samantha Hunt, Kelly Link, and Helen Oyeyemi, but different. Tidbeck translated it herself which really makes the stories shine. 🧚🏼‍♂️🌲

These short stories are knocking my socks off. I randomly grabbed this from the library tonight not knowing what to expect, but these are such beautifully dark stories by a Swedish speculative fiction writer. 🌌

There‘s some messed up stories in this short novel and I love it so much! It‘s science fiction and fantasy and it‘s fantastic. Rebecka freaked me out so much I need more than that ending. The aunts made me cringe because so gross, oh my gosh. The title story was about an alien?... Brita‘s Holiday Visit was probably the most fun. There honestly wasn‘t a single story I didn‘t enjoy, I need to find her book!

An unexpectedly lovely and unsettling collection of short stories that occupy a liminal space between reality and folktales (with a few dips into more mainstream fantasy). For fans of Sofia Samatar, Margo Langergan, Amber Sparks, Laura van den Berg. Tidbeck did her own translations for those pieces originally published in Swedish and I honestly couldn‘t tell the difference between those originally written in English and the translations.

This gal sounds awesome 😎

Lots of Scandinavian creepiness!