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Augustpriset 2006 · Winner
Svinalängorna
Title translated by AI:“The Swine Rows”
Susanna Alakoski · 44 when first published
Novel · 259 pages · Family, Migration, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:In the 1960s and 70s a new housing estate in Ystad fills with immigrants and low-income families. For Leena and her Finnish parents the new flat, with three rooms, a balcony and parquet floors, is the height of luxury.