Spindelbjörken

Returning north to Västerbotten with a family raised quite differently from him, a man finds his father and brother where he left them. In the riverside house he remembers Joel, his younger self: a boy who could chat with sheep and drift high over the woods and the housing estate, looking down on people's petty games. Joel was vulnerable but rich in imagination, torn between the woods and the Pentecostal congregation, between pious Isak and wild Kim, who made life exciting but expected obedience. Bit by bit Joel lost track of what he himself wanted. Now the adult dreams of a log cabin and asks where his shame, his anger and his love came from.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

290 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sweden

First published

2023 by Norstedts

Author's age

53 when first published

ISBN

9789113127606 (original)