Lit in Translation

Lina Wolff

Born 1973 · Sweden

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  • English soon

    Augustpriset 2025 · Winner

    The Corpses We Planted

    Liken vi begravde

    Lina Wolff · 52 when first published

    Novel · 256 pages · Crime, Family

    AI-generated summary:Two orphaned sisters, Jolly and Peggy, are raised by foster parents in a bleak village in rural Skåne, a place of folklore and brutality still haunted by a double killing nobody has solved.

  • In English

    Augustpriset 2022 · Shortlist

    The Devil's Grip

    Djävulsgreppet

    Lina Wolff · 49 when first published

    Novel · 288 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:A woman from a harsh northern place arrives in Florence, dazzled and unsettled, hoping her new lover will melt the frost inside her. Instead their relationship becomes a hold that keeps tightening.

  • In English

    Augustpriset 2016 · Winner

    The Polyglot Lovers

    De polyglotta älskarna

    Lina Wolff · 43 when first published

    Novel · 256 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:Max Lamas, an author, wants a lover who can talk with him in every language he knows. Ellinor, thirty-six, from a small place in Skåne, advertises for a gentle man, though not too gentle. Lucrezia sees her grandmother fade away in an empty palazzo.