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Kenneth Hermele

Born 1948 · Sweden

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    Augustpriset 2018 · Shortlist

    En shtetl i Stockholm

    Title translated by AI:“A Shtetl in Stockholm”

    Kenneth Hermele · 69 when first published

    Novel · 237 pages · Autofiction, Family, Migration

    AI-generated summary:A boy comes of age in 1950s Stockholm inside a closed Orthodox Jewish world on Södermalm, torn between a devout mother and a practical father who wants the family to find its place in Sweden.