5 must-read sweden books like To Pieces by Donah Cannell Per Stam Henri Parland

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To Pieces

By: Donah Cannell Per Stam Henri Parland

3.40

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

'To Pieces' is Henri Parland's (1908-1930) only novel, published posthumously after his death from …

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Cover of Kvinnor och äppelträd by Moa Martinson

1. Kvinnor och äppelträd

By: Moa Martinson

3.75

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

Sally och Ellen, ättlingar i tredje led till mor Sofi på Storgården, växer båda upp i Norrköpings a… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
Cover of Il pastore d'Islanda by Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Maria Valeria D'Avino, Gunnar Gunnarsson

2. Il pastore d'Islanda

By: Jón Kalman Stefánsson , Maria Valeria D'Avino , Gunnar Gunnarsson

3.85

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Il Natale può essere festeggiato in tanti modi, ma Benedikt ne ha uno tutto suo: ogni anno la prima… read more

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  • fiction
"A za tím snem pořád věděl, že čas utíka a nikdy se nezastaví, nezastaví ho ani rěky, nikdy se neunaví, že běží stále kuprědu, tajuplně jako rěka z ledovce a spíciho člověka prekročí, jako by byl mrtv…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Il pastore d'Islanda

"Der Mensch hängt an dem Seinen, an sich selbst und dem Seinen, bis über den Tod hinaus und bangt davor, das Leben aus den Händen zu verlieren - dies Wirklichste von allem Wirklichen, dies Erbärmlichs…"

-Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Il pastore d'Islanda

Cover of Doctor Glas by Margaret Atwood, Hjalmar Söderberg, Paul Britten Austin

3. Doctor Glas

By: Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin

3.70

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of enduring power,  Doctor Glas  confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping in… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
"We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"Besynnerligt, att det alltid går en rysning genom luften före soluppgången."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"Nothing diminishes and degrades a human being more than the knowledge of being unloved."

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

"La moralidad es un servicio doméstico, no una divinidad. Conviene usarla, pero no debe mandar"

-Margaret Atwood, Doctor Glas

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4. Confessions of an English Opium Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey , Barry Milligan

4.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Cla… read more

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5. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

By: Nikolai Gogol

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Jeff VanderMeer, Thomas Ligotti

6. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more

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  • fiction
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7. Erasmus Montanus or Rasmus Berg

By: Ludvig Holberg

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Paperback

This work very subtly ridicules the decaying values of its times. Centering on a man who has achiev… read more

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  • fiction
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8. In the Café of Lost Youth

By: Patrick Modiano , Euan Cameron

3.53

Format: 153 pages, Hardcover

The elegant, haunting story of the forgotten people and places of Paris from the reigning Nobel Lau… read more

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  • fiction
"Quand on aime vraiment quelqu'un, il faut accepter sa part de mystère... et c'est pour ça qu'on l'aime..."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

"Il existait à Paris des zones intermédiaires, des no man's land où l'on était à la lisière de tout, en transit, ou même en suspens."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

"Người ta không già đi. Với những năm tháng trôi qua, nhiều người và nhiều thứ rốt cuộc trở nên hài hước và nực cười đến mức bạn ném vào họ và vào chúng một cái nhìn trẻ con."

-Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth

9. Woodcutters

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This controversial portrayal of Viennese artistic circles begins as the writer-narrator arrives at … read more

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  • fiction
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10. Wittgenstein’s Nephew

By: Thomas Bernhard , David McLintock

4.03

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

It is 1967. In separate wings of a Viennese hospital, two men lie bedridden. The narrator, Thomas B… read more

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  • fiction
"Bu zaman zarfında Paul'un düşüncelerinden yoksun kalmıştım, başka başka yüzlerce, ortalaması son derece düşük çaplı kafa içinde boğulmama ramak kalmıştı, çünkü kendimizi aldatmayalım, çoğunlukla elim…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"Benimle Nathal'de avlu duvarı dibinde oturmuş, batmakta olan güneşin altında, kaç kere Paris'e, kaç kere Londra'ya, kaç kere Roma'ya gittiğinin, kaç bin şişe şampanya ictiğinin ve acaba kaç kitap oku…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"O sıralar herkes tarafından da terk edilmiştim, ben onların hepsini terk etmiştim çünkü, işin aslı bu, hiç kimseyi istemiyordum, tıpkı artık hiçbir şeyi istemeyişim ama her şeye de kendi elimle son v…"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

"قلت لنفسى وأنا أجلس فوق دكة فى منتزه المدينة، إن هذه ربما تكون آخر مرة أرى فيها صديقى. لم أكن اعتقد أن جسدا بهذا الوهن، خبت فيه جذوة الحياة وانطفأت شعلة الإرادة، سيتحمل أكثر من بضعة أيام. زُلزل كيانى …"

-Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew

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11. Satantango

By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai

4.14

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr’s six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is… read more

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  • fiction
"They’re waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for …"

-George Szirtes, Satantango

"Irimiás: God is not made manifest in language, you dope. He's not manifest in anything. He doesn't exist... God was a mistake. I've long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a…"

-George Szirtes, Satantango

12. The Brothers Lionheart

By: Astrid Lindgren , Ilon Wikland , Jill M. Morgan

4.54

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Broderna Lejonhjarta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Ast… read more

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13. Det går an

By: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

3.84

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

During a steamboat trip between Stockholm and Lidkoping sergeant Albert falls in love with the glaz… read more

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14. La Petite Bijou

By: Patrick Modiano

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Quand j'avais sept ans, on m'appelait la Petite Bijou. " Il a souri. Il trouvait certainement cela … read more

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15. These Possible Lives

By: Fleur Jaeggy , None

4.25

Format: 512 pages, ebook

New Directions is proud to present Fleur Jaeggy's strange and mesmerizing essays about the writers … read more

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16. Århundradets kärlekssaga

By: Märta Tikkanen , Henrik Tikkanen

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Diktromanen Arhundradets karlekssagaar en av de mest uppmarksammade bocker som kommit ut i Sverige … read more

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17. The Details

By: Ia Genberg

3.90

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

An acclaimed Swedish author makes her English language debut with this intoxicating novel in the ve… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
"La fiducia resta lettera morta, se non la si sente nelle ossa."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"L'io , o meglio, il cosidetto "io", non è altro che questo: ciò che resta delle persone a cui ci siamo stretti."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"La vita mi ha regalato la mia buona dose di magia, e il più delle volte è successo all'incontro con gli altri. Lì c'è qualcosa. Lì, soltanto lì."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

"Per i morti la successione del tempo non ha importanza, l'unica cosa che conta sono i dettagli, la densità, il come e il cosa e tutto ciò che riguarda il chi."

-Ia Genberg, The Details

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18. Skymning 41 : roman från en krigstid

By: Kjell Westö

3.64

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

Kjell Westös nya roman börjar i slutet av januari 1940. Då har kriget som ska kallas vinterkriget p… read more

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  • fiction
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19. Körkarlen

By: Selma Lagerlöf

3.74

Format: 216 pages, None

Körkarlen handlar om en slumsyster som ligger på sin dödsbädd och ber om att få träffa David Holm, … read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
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20. The Twilight World

By: Werner Herzog

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a… read more

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  • fiction
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21. Chasing Homer

By: László Krasznahorkai

3.72

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

In this thrilling chase narrative, a hunted man escapes certain death at breakneck speed—carooming … read more

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  • fiction
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22. Afghanerne

By: Åsne Seierstad

4.21

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Da Kabul falt og Taliban overtok makten i Afghanistan i august 2021, fikk Jamila plass på det først… read more

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23. Liekinkantajat

By: Ulla-Lena Lundberg

3.43

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Ilman valoa ja lämpöä ei Suomen talvesta selviä. Niinpä lämmitetään kaakeliuuneja, pöydälle nosteta… read more

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  • fiction
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24. The Water Statues

By: Fleur Jaeggy

3.49

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Even among Fleur Jaeggy’s singular and intricate works, The Water Statues is a shiningly peculiar b… read more

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  • fiction
"Ich war dermaßen glücklich, dass ich mich aus Versehen in einer Mauer spiegelte, die in der schönen Jahreszeit glänzte, mein Auge lachte im Frühlingslicht, und das Licht spiegelte sich in den lachend…"

-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues

"Er verließ seinen Vater, Witwer seit wenigen Stunden, um, wie er sagte, "Statuen kaufen" zu gehen, und dabei schien er zu scherzen. Er war den figürlichen Nachbildungen des Schmerzes und der Ruhe sch…"

-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues

"Ich habe viel Zeit in den Kellergewölben verbracht, nicht aus Überdruß an der Sonne oder plein air, ich verlor nur die Kontrolle über die Stunden und über das Leben, wenn ich mich so ausdrücken darf;…"

-Fleur Jaeggy, The Water Statues

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25. Niebo w kolorze siarki

By: Kjell Westö

3.84

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

Wciągająca powieść o dorastaniu w Finlandii u schyłku XX wieku. Mówimy, że istnieje czas niewinn… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
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26. Tennisspelarna

By: Lars Gustafsson

3.83

Format: 123 pages, Hardcover

Tennisspelarna är, i humoreskens och satirens form, en berättelse om förhållandet mellan Europa och… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
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27. Wonderful Women by the Sea

By: Monika Fagerholm

3.35

Format: 330 pages, Hardcover

Monika Fagerholm's Wonderful Women by the Sea conjures the magical aura of the early sixties and th… read more

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  • swedish literature
  • fiction
Cover of To Pieces by Donah Cannell Per Stam Henri Parland

28. To Pieces

By: Donah Cannell Per Stam Henri Parland

3.40

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

'To Pieces' is Henri Parland's (1908-1930) only novel, published posthumously after his death from … read more

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  • swedish literature
  • sweden
  • fiction
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29. Brightly Shining

By: Ingvild Rishøi

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Brightly Shining is a 'heartbreaking, funny and philosophical tale about the reality of addiction, … read more

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  • fiction
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30. En liten roman

By: Lars Norén

3.88

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

En liten roman är Lars Noréns sista prosaverk. I sin dagbok skriver han den 12 november 2020: »Jag … read more

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31. Hårda Tider

By: Karl August Tavaststjerna

3.25

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Redan med sin första roman, Barndomsvänner (1886) hade Karl August Tavaststjerna fört in realismen… read more

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22 must-read fiction books like To Pieces by Donah Cannell Per Stam Henri Parland

Transform Your Habits

Kvinnor och äppelträd

Moa Martinson

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Il pastore d'Islanda

Jón Kalman Stefánsson , Maria Valeria D'Avino , Gunnar Gunnarsson

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Doctor Glas

Margaret Atwood , Hjalmar Söderberg , Paul Britten Austin

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

Nikolai Gogol

4.35

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15 Top fiction books like The Water Statues by Fleur Jaeggy

Transform Your Habits

Days in the History of Silence

Anne Bruce , Merethe Lindstrøm

3.53

Transform Your Habits

Wittgenstein's Mistress

David Foster Wallace , Steven Moore , David Markson

3.32

The Blue Flowers

Raymond Queneau

3.64

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Correction

Thomas Bernhard , Sophie Wilkins

3.34

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