pickIt's bizarre books like this that make me want to live in Sweden (or anywhere in Scandinavia). I would love to see if the off-the-wall perspectives in Scandinavian fiction are universal within the culture, if they'd be accessible to an ex-pat, and if they would make up for the climate being as near the opposite as possible to the weather in San Diego (which has, unfortunately, become my baseline). This book is delightfully weird.
ImperfectCJ I realize that, for the past few years, I've been reading fiction by non-US writers as a way of shopping for a place to live after my kids have both fledged. That tendency has not decreased since January 20, 2025. (Actually, even when the kids were younger, I fantasized about moving us to a different country to give them a broader perspective in culture and education, that just didn't pan out.) 2w
BarbaraBB Great cover. And review. I can understand your feeling of shopping for a place to live. The US are pretty scary right now. But well, Europe might end up in a war 😱 2w
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