En inre angelägenhet

Kristian belongs to a family that was among Sweden's most distinguished a century ago, when the Söderbloms stood for culture and polish. His mother's suicide late in life prompts him to examine the family legend, dominated by his great-grandfather Nathan Söderblom, archbishop and towering intellectual. That legacy inspired the family but also weighed on its frailer members, his mother included. In lucid prose the novel travels through time, from nineteenth-century piety via 1920s literary salons and the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize to 1980s indie music, telling of rebellion and inertia, of mourning and love, and of how hard it is to write about someone you were too close to.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

195 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Autofiction (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sweden

First published

2025 by Ordfront

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9789177754558 (original)