Results for "Josefsson, Kira"

Elegant, slippery, and provocative, Antiquity is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson—a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and tabooOn a Greek island rich with ancient beauty, a lonely woman in her thirties upends the relationship between a mother and her... Read More about Antiquity: A Novel

"An absolutely fantastic debut novel."--Fredrik Backman, author of A Man Called Ove A deeply atmospheric debut novel about three young people testing the boundaries of intimacy that is being hailed as "the love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited." When Hugo takes a room in the house o... Read More about The Trio

Featured in The New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" *Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize "The literal fever that begins the book mirrors the feverish beginnings and endings of these relationships, as well as the fever of reading — how it forces the reader inward, then leaves an invisible im... Read More about The Details: A Novel

Featured in The New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" *Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize "The literal fever that begins the book mirrors the feverish beginnings and endings of these relationships, as well as the fever of reading — how it forces the reader inward, then leaves an invisible im... Read More about The Details: A Novel

Elegant, slippery, and provocative, Antiquity is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson—a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and tabooOn a Greek island rich with ancient beauty, a lonely woman in her thirties upends the relationship between a mother and her... Read More about Antiquity: A Novel

Fiction. Poetry. Essay. Perfomance. Edited by Kira Josefsson. Iconic poet-artist of the Swedish post-war avant-garde, Ake Hodell tells the story of his artistic journey through the absurd, satirical, tour-de-force that is THE MARATHON POET, originally published in 1981 and now available for the firs... Read More about The Marathon Poet