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“The Survival of the Species” (title translated by AI)
Lydia Sandgren (born 1987)
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Karl Hillberg teaches and writes novels. In autumn 2021 the widow of a celebrated Italian conductor asks him to write her husband's biography. Having never written anything but fiction, Karl is pulled into a life devoted to music that is famous yet murky. Whose interests is he really serving by telling the maestro's tale? And soon there seems to be a rival biographer, always one move ahead. Ranging from the 1970s to the present and from Gothenburg to Rome and New York, among demonic conductors, squatters and rich widows, the long novel explores the conditions of artistic creation, music, love and books.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 776 pages in the original
- Set in
- Sweden, Italy, United States, 1970s to 2021
- First published
- 2025 by Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9789100808266 (original)