Lit in Translation

Mikael Yvesand

Born 1986 · Sweden

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    Augustpriset 2025 · Shortlist

    Våran pojke

    Title translated by AI:“Our Boy”

    Mikael Yvesand · 39 when first published

    Novel · 223 pages

    AI-generated summary:Johan's upbringing looks ordinary, apart from his knife-carrying friends. Then, for reasons he cannot grasp, he kills a woman and a child, is never caught, and drifts on through training schemes and cleaning jobs.