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Ward 5 holds four men whom no treatment can save. One, a foreigner from far away, lies silent behind a screen. Börje, a born gambler, wagers on life after death. Harry, who sleeps rough, turns out to be the one true gentleman when it counts. Nurses Birgit and Angela, adored by the dying men, come and go, as do Anna-Britta, a thoughtful chaplain, and Dr Möller, all cool routine. At the heart of it is Hasse, who tells the story: with no future left, he reckons up his life, its loves, its failures and its letdowns, as thought pits itself against a failing body.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

157 pages in the original

Set in

Sweden

First published

2007 by Norstedts

Author's age

73 when first published

ISBN

9789113017402 (original)

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