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Literary fiction”The urgency found in this book,really isn’t granted all novels, I somuch look forward to the continuation.”Upsala Nya TidningJONAS gARDELLJonas Gardell was born in 1963 and made his highly praisedliterary debut in 1985. He is one of Scandinavia’s mostpopular stand-up comedians and a highly appreciated playwright.Jonas Gardell has an unerring talent to punctureour everyday life and the emotions beneath. In his books heportrays all kinds of human beings, the humour is naturaland obvious as is also pain and sorrow. In Jonas Gardell’swritings there are no taboos, he moves with preciseness betweenthe big and the small, between dreams and stern reality.He has written 16 books and has been translated into 13languages.NovelsPassionsspelet (1985) • Odjurets tid (1986) • Präriehundarna (1987)• Vill gå hem (1988) • Fru Björks öden och äventyr (1990) • Enkomikers uppväxt (1992) • Frestelsernas berg (1995) • Så går en dagifrån vårt liv och kommer aldrig åter (1998) • Ett ufo gör entré (2001)• Jenny (2006)Other titles by Jonas GardellMormor gråter (1993) • Isbjörnarna. Cheek to cheek. Människor isolen (1997) • Oskuld (2000) • Om Gud (2003) • Om Jesus (2009)• Har man inget liv får man köpa ett som alla andra: samlade visdomsord2010-2011 (2011)linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionTorka aldrig tårar utan handskarNever Wipe Tears Without GlovesIn 1982 the first reports on a new mysterious diseasereached Sweden; a cancer-like illness with rapid courseand imminent death striking only homosexual males.One of Sweden’s best-loved authors has written a pieceof contemporary history, a magnum opus which readershave been waiting for. Norstedts published the first partof Gardell’s great work about AIDS, Kärleken, in August2012 and in five weeks it sold more than 60.000 copies.jonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan handskar2. sjukdomenjonasgardelltorka aldrigtårar utanhandskar2. Sjukdomennorstedts1. Kärleken/1. LoveAugust 2012, 288 pagesLead title in the two major book clubsSample translation in English available2. Sjukdomen/2. DiseaseJanuary 2013, 240 pages3. Döden/3. DeathJuly 2013, 240 pagesSenior Editor: Eva Gedinjonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan handskar3 . dödenjonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan handskar3 . DödennorstedtsRights sold to: Piratforlaget, Norway • Johnny Kniga, WSOY, Finland • De Geus, HollandOption publisher: Tiderne Skifter, DenmarkA Beautiful Love Story in the Shadow of AIDSWhen Rasmus steps off the train at Stockholm’s CentralStation in September 1982 he is leaving the small industrialcommunity of Koppom behind, never to return. Young andbeautiful he throws himself into Stockholm’s gay community,unable to say no to anyone.Benjamin is a Jehova’s Witness, enthusiastically going fromdoor to door preaching about God. Nothing can shake hisfaith until the day he knocks on the door belonging to Paul,the warmest, funniest and bitchiest homosexual God evercreated. Then, on the evening of Christmas Eve, with snowfalling over the city, Rasmus and Benjamin meet, and nothingis the same again.This is a story of a time and a place. It happened here, in thecity of Stockholm, on these streets, among the people wholive out their lives here. In this city’s parks, its pavement cafés,bars, sauna clubs, porn cinemas, hospitals, churches andgraveyards. In a city where most of the inhabitants carriedon with their lives as if nothing was happening, young menfell ill, grew thinner, wasted away and died. It was like a warbeing fought in peace time. The very people who loved themost, who were possessed by love - they were the ones takenby the frost.Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar is a compelling, passionateand desperate portrayal of 1980s Stockholm, of people whohad started to grasp their freedom for the first time in history,and about an illness that broke out and threatened tokill them all.Press voices:”As a dirge, as a reminder, as criticism, as rehabilitation, as a declarationof love, and not least as highly anxious historiography,it is everything I could wish for. And even though I know it willget worse before it gets better, I am waiting for the continuation.”Svenska Dagbladet”Sometimes it happens that as a critic you must stop, put yourguard down and just rest in the experience of witnessing somethingmagnificent. /.../ My feeling, already, is that Gardell writesmodern Swedish literary history” Dagens Nyheter”one hopes that Torka aldrig tårar utan handskar will beintroduced as compulsory reading in all Swedish secondaryschools.” Kristianstadsbladet“Jonas Gardell wants to force us to remember and thus save hisdead friends from yet another death, the death of silence andoblivion. He is well prepared for the job. The reported researchis impressive. Gardell is, you realize, deeply concerned with usreally understanding what happened and why it happened.”Sydsvenskanlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionJohannes AnyuruJohannes Anyuru, born in 1979, made his debut in 2003with the critically acclaimed collection of poems Detär bara gudarna som är nya/Only The Gods Are New.His latest poetry collection, Städerna inuti Hall /TheCities Inside Hall was nominated for the August Prizein 2009. The year after he made his novel debut withthe highly praised Skulle jag dö under andra himlar/If IWere to Die Under Other Skies.En storm kom från paradisetA Storm Blew in From ParadiseSeptember 2012, 284 pagesSenior Editor: Håkan BravingerSample translation in English available in OctoberHaunting Account of an Unfulfilled Life“A storm blew in from paradise. That storm was life.”A young man, P, is sitting in a small cage in a Tanzanian jail.His greatest dream is to fly. Up until quite recently everythinghad been looking promising. He had come to Greeceto be trained at the Hellenic Air Force Academy in Dekelia,just outside Athens, chosen to be a pilot and an officer inthe Ugandan Air Force. Soon he would be soaring throughthe skies in an unpainted, polished aluminium MIG-21.But then, on 26 January 1971, the news of a coup in his homelandreached him. Idi Amin had taken power. Shortlythereafter all Ugandan aviation cadets are ordered home byAmin’s state machine. It is in that moment that P makeshis life’s most crucial choice: to defect and stay in Greece.After that, nothing turns out like he imagined. He’s not allowedto fly in Europe, and in despair he accepts a job inZambia as a crop dusting pilot. But as he lands he is takeninto custody and transported to a Tanzanian jail.P is afraid; afraid that he will be sent back to Uganda and beprosecuted for treason; afraid that he will die here withoutanybody knowing; afraid that they have already killed hisfamily back home.Over a period of many years, we follow P’s struggles - as arefugee, as a military camp prisoner, as a man on the run.He never stops dreaming of a life as a pilot, but he’ll neverget to fly again. Johannes Anyuru has written an excitingnovel about his own father’s fate, a read which stays withyou for a long time. This is a novel about survival, and oneman’s unfulfilled dream to fly.Press voices for Johannes Anyuru’s previous work:[Anyuru] takes this lofty tone from the Koran, the Iliad or theAeneid and broadens the tonal register in contemporary literarylanguage. /.../ It is hard to resist somebody who makes everydaylife so magnificent.” Dagens Nyheter“He makes me fall to the ground and observe the heaven. And if,as the author says, there will be another two novels ‘about heavens’than I will be happy again to lie down and look up as theclouds pass by in all their banality and delightful perfection.”Sydsvenskan“a novel written in an absolutely luminous language. You canhardly miss the fact that it is a poet who has penned this. A poetwith a superb balance between the everyday prosaic scenes anddazzlingly lyrical elements, between slang and beauty. It is, quitesimply, so beautiful that sometimes it just takes my breath away.”Helsingborgs Dagbladlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionKarolina RamqvistKarolina Ramqvist, born in 1976, is a journalist and author. For a longtime she has been a powerful voice in social debate. She has written forSwedish national daily Dagens Nyheter and the magazine Bang. Shehas also been editor in chief of Arena magazine. Her latest book Flickvännen/TheGirlfriend, 2009, was nominated for Sveriges Radio’s NovelPrize and awarded Vi Magazine’s literature prize. It has been translatedinto several languages.Alltings börjanThe Beginning of EverythingJune 2012, 389 pagesSenior Editor: Eva GedinOption publishers:Tiderne Skifter, DenmarkGyldendal, NorwayDaughter of a Modern GenerationSaga remembers only too well the moment of her arrival.It would be strange if she didn’t; every birthdayher mother shows her the film of her birth, themoment when the tiny child who would becomeSaga was pushed into the world.sights. He is older, knows everyone and more to the pointeveryone wants to know him. They begin a relationship. Orrather, he allows her to have sex with him. He commands,she obeys. Their relationship is secret, destructive and degrading.There are other men in her life but the only oneshe really wants to be with is Viktor.Saga has longed for everything adult life has to offer. Hermother is an artist and a radical feminist and as the daughterof such a woman she is expected to be independent andtake advantage of everything life has to offer.This is Stockholm in the 1990s and Saga starts a new schooland quickly makes friends. They spend their days drinkingcoffee and smoking cigarettes and they go to clubs wheneverthey can get in. But Saga is plagued by a nagging senseof futility and the feeling that she ought to be doing something,like her mother’s generation with their feministmovement, demonstrating for free abortion and nurserycare. They had a goal and a purpose; Saga feels her generationis lacking exactly that.Saga and her friend Pauline spend a lot of time getting toknow the right people; they sleep around, they party, theyare free. For some time Saga has had Vikor Schantz in herKarolina Ramqvist’s new novel Alltings början is the story ofa young woman’s passage through the stages of her youth,as she takes her first steps away from childhood and hurtlesinto an independent adult life. Written with boldness andclarity this is about a generation trapped between spokenand unspoken demands, and marked by a feeling of abandonment.Press voices:“I close Karolina Ramqvist’s Alltings början and think: Hallelujah,my generation novel has come.” Sydsvenskan”Karolina Ramqvist writes Saga’s teenage know-it-all uncertaintyin a genius way. She is simply hilarious and text flows easily.The narrator Saga is obvious; she drinks and reads and fucks andblushes, and gets a headache from tightening her face to lookmore attractive. She is also congenial with the time, the 90’s thatwas so promising and fin-de-siecle-decadent at the same time.”Swedish Radio’s Kulturnyttlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionJOnas Hassen KhemiriJonas Hassen Khemiri, born 1978, made a celebrated debut in2003 with Ett öga rött/One Eye Red, which sold over 200.000 copiesin Sweden and became the most best-selling paperback in2004. His second novel, Montecore, was published to unanimousraving reviews in 2006. Since then Khemiri has also establishedhimself internationally as a playwright.Jag ringer mina bröderI’m Calling My BrothersOctober 2012, 128 pagesSenior Editor: Stephen Farran-Lee, Albert Bonniers FörlagEnglish translation availablePrevious works sold to:Gyldendal, NorwayGyldendal, DenmarkJohnny Kniga, FinlandDe Geus, HollandPiper Verlag, GermanyLe Serpent à Plumes, FranceRoca, SpainUgo Guanda, ItalyOdiseja, SerbiaGondolat, HungaryKnopf, USAInostrannaya, RussiaHayakawa Shobo, JapanMinumsa, South KoreaLitopys, UkraineParanoia in the Aftermath of a Terror AttackA car has exploded in Stockholm. The novel’s I,Amor, wanders around in a city that has been paralyzedby paranoia.Amor is on his way to make a complaint about a damageddrill head. And he will reply when Shavi calls. He will stopstalking his friend Valeria, and he will comfort his grandmotherwho died long ago.Most importantly: he cannot attract any suspicious glances.But he is plagued by paranoia and delusions and thinksthat others may see him as a potential perpetrator. For 24intense hours we are in Amor’s head where the boundariesbetween criminal and victim, love and chemistry, fantasyand reality become increasingly blurred.Jag ringer mina bröder is a both scary and humorous depictionof how paranoia destroys both the person seen andthe seer. This is Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s much longed-forreturn to prose and it will also be staged in spring 2013.Khemiri is one of Sweden’s most acclaimed and widelyread young authors and playwrights. He has been nominatedfor the August Award and received Borås TidningsDebut Award, Swedish Radio’s Novel Award, The MagazineVI’s Literature Prize and PO Enquist’s award. Thenovels Ett öga rött and Montecore have been translated intoseveral languages and his debut play Invasion! became aninternational success performed in France, Germany, UnitedKingdom, Norway and in the US, where it received anObie Award for best screenplay in 2011.Press voices for Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s previous work:”Ett öga rött is an important debut not just because it fills a void,but because it challenges some of the expectations created bythe genre.” Expressen”There isn’t a dull moment, it’s bursting with narrative joy.”Aftonbladet”Just how he gets a subject like integration to rock I don’t know,but he does it.” Kulturnyheterna SVT“Khemiri’s sombre humour is reminiscent of Zadie Smith andHari Kunzru. But he’s got a voice all his own. With one foot inthe immigrant community and his head in the clouds, he flauntshis rare storytelling ability. A unique virtuoso.”Östgöta Correspondentenlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionRobert ÅSBACKARobert Åsbacka was born in 1961 in Terjärv, Finland,but now lives in Sweden. He made his debut in 1988with the poetry collection Med tungorna hängande buthis breakthrough came with Döbelns Gränd in 2000.Åsbacka has been shortlisted and awarded numerousprestigious awards, among them the RunebergPrize (shortlisted 2005 and 2008), the Finlandia Prize(shortlisted 2006) and the Nordic Council’s prize forliterature (shortlisted 2008). His latest novel, Orgelbyggaren,2008, has been published in Sweden and translatedinto Finnish and German.OrgelbyggarenThe Organ BuilderAugust 2008, 300 pagesSenior Editor: Mari Koli, Schildts & SöderströmsRights sold to: Hanser, GermanySamlarenThe CollectorSeptember 2012, 240 pagesSenior Editor: Mari Koli,Schildts & SöderströmsSchildts&SöderströmsAn Unnerving Tale of Coincidence and Chance“It was my first record ever. I was thinking that I justhave to have a record player. It was about time. If onlyI had a record player I could sit by myself at home, inbed and listen and bob my foot just like Bo and Violawere doing now. If I had a record player and a room.”It is winter 1969. Twelve year-old Tom lives with his motherand older sister Karin in a small flat. He keeps his possessionsand collections in boxes under the sofa in the livingroom where he sleeps, looking forward to the day his sisterwill finally move out. His best friend Mats moved a coupleof months earlier, without him there is not much to do inthis dull small town. Sometimes he goes out looking forthings for his collection, but when he does he has to be carefulso that The Brothers don’t find him and beat him up.Outside his window Tom can see his neighbour Bo’s bigfancy American cars parked in the backyard. Bo is also acollector; he is handsome, quiet and secretive. Tom knowsthat Bo writes strange letters to Karin, even though he hasa girlfriend, Viola. Tom loves watching Viola and tries to bearound her as much as he can.Robert Åsbacka’s tone is unsentimental and precise, loadedwith meaning and feeling. Through Tom’s recollectionsand the matter-of-fact police protocols, Samlaren tells theunnerving story of a young boy and the traumatic chain ofevents that came to affect his life.Press voices for Robert Åsbacka’s previous work:”The most vivid, intense and provoking novel I’ve read in a longtime. Read! ” Huvudstadsbladet”Orgelbyggaren is really an impressive novel creation that captivatesits reader from the first moment.” Vasabladet”A hopeful expression of the possibilities in the art of making anovel.” Svenska Dagbladetlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionkristina sandberGKristina Sandberg (born 1971) was raised in Sundsvall, but is now livingin Stockholm. She made her debut in 1997 with the novel I vattnet flyterman/In The Water One Floats. This is her fifth novel, and the secondin a trilogy that began with the critically acclaimed Att föda ett barn/Giving Birth (2010). Att föda ett barn has sold more than 10.000 copiesto date.Sörja för de sinaCaring for One’s OwnSeptember 2012, 499 pagesSenior Editor: Eva GedinAtt föda ett barnGiving BirthSeptember 2010, 490 pagesSenior Editor: Eva GedinSample translation in EnglishavailableRights sold to:Pantagruel, NorwayThe Importance of Being FlawlessEverything ought to be better now. Her husband Tomashas managed to remain sober after being treatedwith hypnoses by Dr. Bjerre. And Maj is doing everythingshe can for the family to have a nice homeand be a perfect housewife. But she feels like she willnever live up to the high expectations – real and imagined– from her husband and his mother Thea.Maj is a young stay-at-home mother and wife in the welfarestate of the 40’s and 50’s when the housewife was still a desirableideal and seen as an important profession. She trieshard to be loving towards her children, and ensure that thehome will be secure, harmonious and flawless. But whenthe fatigue, fear and anxiety overpowers her, her doubts andher obsessiveness set in – nothing she or her family doesseem good enough. Tomas is struggling to refrain from alcohol,and manage the company inherited by his family, butthe suspicion that perhaps he started drinking again hangsheavily over Maj and the family. Her personal losses Majdoesn’t want to think about.This is the second part in Kristina Sandberg’s novel trilogy,which began with Att föda ett barn, about a house-wife’slife in Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden. Maj’s story is oneabout motherhood, womanhood and living with alcoholism,her personal struggles in a changing world. It is an intimateportray of an unhappy woman which lingers in theminds of the readers.Press voices:”What impresses the most is the ability to build excitementaround a life that on the surface appear to be fairly uneventful.Some readers of this review might sigh ’but that story, we havesurely read before’ or mutter something about ’boring Swedishrealism’. Dismiss all such thoughts immediately! Believe me whenI say that Sörja för de sina, as well as Att föda ett barn (even if youdon’t have to have read the predecessor to read this) is a real pageturner,that kind of novel that occupies the reader, with characterswho creeps close and stubbornly lingers in the mind after you (reluctantly)have closed the book.” Svenska Dagbladet”Deafeningly dramatic about the housewife/.../ In the same waythat Kristina Sandberg makes the novel’s underlying anxiety reflectMaj’s inner trembling, the unravelling is congenial after havemoved in Maj’s psyche for most of the nearly five hundred pages,it’s with Tomas’ narrative perspective that the book is closed.Maj is left alone beyond our point of view. Peripheral, like thehousewife, noticeable only when the work is not done properly.”Västerbottens-Kuriren”Kristina Sandberg has really managed to write a dense continuationto the story of May” Dagens Nyheter”Sandberg is an evocative storyteller whose sentences almostcrawl under the skin of the reader. Her stories are needed.”Upsala Nya Tidninglinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionAleksander MotturiAleksander Motturi, born 1970, has worked at Åbo Academyin Finland, The Wittgenstein Archives at the Universityof Bergen, on the cultural journal Glänta and is one of thedriving forces behind the Clandestino Institute in Göteborg.He has translated and written a PhD thesis about LudwigWittgenstein’s remarks on Frazer, written drama and is theauthor of the book Etnicism dealing with the contemporarymetamorphosis of racism. Svindlarprästen is Motturi’s secondnovel.Svindlarprästen/The Swindling PriestSeptember 2012, 282 pagesSenior Editor: Håkan BravingerHe Swindled Everyone and EverythingWomen fell for his charm and lost all they owned.Bishops and chief executives were swindled out ofmillions.A man called John Peter Daniels is deported from HongKong to India, his assumed country of origin. He is ill, withnot long to live. In a way he is at home everywhere andnowhere. He speaks many languages: Gujarati, Kutchi, English,Swahili, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish and German, buthe has no genuine passport. He seems equally acquaintedwith Christianity and Islam as he is with world politics, buthe has no formal education. No one attends his funeral atthe St James cemetery in Baroda.In Svindlarprästen Aleksander Motturi traces the life of hisfather, the man who one day abandoned his wife and childrenand quite simply went up in smoke. He disappeared,only to return enmeshed in a web of deceit, making frontpage news in all the Swedish evening papers. So who wasthe man said to be buried in St James cemetery? The manwho was known by many names but died as John Peter Daniels?Is he even dead? Or is his death feigned, to allow himto continue with his frauds?Aleksander Motturi’s multilayered novel is partly about aman whose whole existence was built on a remarkable combinationof total honesty and deception, and partly aboutthose who were close to him, the family who, throughoutthe years, have swung between trying to understand, puttingit behind them, forgiving, starting again, and finally,once and for all, distancing themselves from him.Svindlarprästen is based on the author’s father who lived asa conman. The case was reported in every newspaper andthe Swindling Priest became part of 1980s vernacular.Press voices:”Motturis novel is just as breathtaking as it is broadly and ambitiouslyapplied. /.../ The feeling when you close the book is thatyou haven’t just read a novel about a con man who chose to bluffhis way through life, but just as much a socially critical piece ofwriting about a world where some people are born with rights andmoney while others are lacking both. ” Borås Tidning“Svindlarprästen is extremely tempting /.../ He has a style to lovewhen unknown half-siblings laugh ’manga cartoon laughters’.”Dagens Nyheterlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionLiterary fictionGUNNAR ARDELIUSGunnar Ardelius (born 1981) made his debut with theYA novel Jag behöver dig mer än jag älskar dig.../I NeedYou More Than I Love You.... The book has been translatedinto several languages including English, Frenchand German. It was nominated for the August Prizeand won the Slangbellan Prize for best debut.Friheten förde oss hit is Gunnar Ardelius’ fourth book,the first aimed at adult readers.Friheten förde oss hitThe Love of Liberty Brought Us HereMarch 2012, 208 pagesSenior Editor: Håkan BravingerRights sold to: Actes Sud, FranceEnglish sample translation availableA Family Drama in 1960s Liberia“The sweat ran down their backs. The long journeyfrom an icy and chilly Stockholm was over; theyhad arrived in Yekepa. The powerful sun beat downon patches of unprotected skin and the dust settledquickly again on the ground. Like a herd of frightenedanimals they clung close together.”Hektor, Margret and their teenage son Mårten have justlanded in Liberia. It is the end of the 1960s and Hektor isabout to start his new job with the Swedish mining companyLAMCO. The journey carried with it the promise of anew start but he soon realises that his career at the mine willnot be straightforward. He is alarmed by the management’sattitude towards the local inhabitants and unofficial strikeaction is looming.Margret is unhappy in her new environment and finds theLiberians both frightening and exasperating. The heat isoppressive, her nerves are in shreds and she is missing herlover Axel back in Sweden. The only member of the familyto feel at home in the new country is seventeen year-oldMårten. He soon befriends the Snake Boy, the family’s unconventionalgardener, and meets red-haired Ingela who lovesHitchcock and The Saint. Mårten is living in a new era;he believes in change and in the international solidarity ofthe proletariat, and he sides with the Liberians against thecolonialists. However, his conviction and naiveté inevitablydrive events to the edge of catastrophe and place the wholefamily – and the Snake Boy – in danger.Friheten förde oss hit, the story of a Swedish family’s destinyin 1960s Liberia, is intensely gripping with its sense of forebodingand is a fascinating documentation of an often overlookedpart of contemporary Swedish history.Press voices:“The novel is a quiet gem, continuously moving, very melancholy.”Göteborgs-Posten“an exciting novel, vividly formed with a drive which also gives arealistic picture of how it could actually be for a Swedish familyin Africa in the 1960s. And he writes a precise, nuanced Swedishwith at times original metaphors, without any hint of cliché orrepetition. ” Helsinborgs Dagblad“a skilled language artist. He writes tersely and deliciously dry, butsometimes he lets go of objectivity and allows the text to flow outinto poetry. It’s often touchingly beautiful” Sydsvenskanlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionHelena ThorfinnHelena Thorfinn was born in 1964 and worked for many yearsas a journalist for newspapers as well as for TV before makinga career change to work as a social analyst for Save the Childrenand the Swedish International Development CooperationAgency (SIDA). After three years at the Swedish Embassy inDhaka she and her family returned to Sweden and settled inLund. Innan floden tar oss is her debut novel and has sold morethan 11.000 copies to date.Innan floden tar oss/Sisters by the RiverMarch 2012, 432 pagesSenior Editor: Susanna RomanusLead title in major book clubSample translation in English availableGripping Depiction of Women in Bangladesh“On Saturdays throughout the spring he had sat incountless Södermalm cafés along with other fathersof young children, sipped latte and eaten sourdoughbread rolls with brie, crunched on the red pepper thatcame with the brie and explained: ‘I’ve been a teachernow for almost 15 years. It’s time to try something elsefor a while. Sometimes you’ve got to have the courageto make a change. This is Sofia’s big chance.’”Sofia has high expectations of her new job as head of developmentco-operation at the Swedish embassy in Dhaka,the capital of Bangladesh, and Janne grudgingly acceptsthat going with her means he will have to assume the roleof stay-at-home dad for their two young children.At the same time a young woman, Mukta, is murdered byher husband in a small village deep in the countryside. Herlittle sisters Mina and Nazrin decide to take their destinyinto their own hands and flee to Dhaka.Confronting the reality of Dhaka is equally as overwhelmingfor Swedish Sofia and Janne as it is for the young sistersfrom the village, and despite the different circumstancestheir lives soon become linked. The story reveals a worldof grand embassy receptions, exploited textile workers andSwedish family life. Careerists and idealists gather aroundthe same swimming pool, and tennis matches and terrorismimpact everyday life.Innan floden tar oss is a novel vibrant with colour and teemingwith life and it takes us to places and events atwhirlwind speed. With immediacy and humour Thorfinndescribes the Swedes’ attempts to do good while being politicallycorrect, and she movingly narrates the dreams andmisfortunes of the Bangla girls. A sweeping, powerful andexciting portrayal touching on the urgent, difficult issues aswell as the everyday ones.Press voices:”Innan floden tar oss is an unusually mature and well-written debut,as sharp in its depiction of contemporary customs as in theanalysis of a failure of development policies. It will surely getmany readers. ” Sydsvenskan”Exciting and enlightening novel of the Swedish development aidindustry ” Aftonbladetlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionMikael BergstrandMikael Bergstrand is a journalist and author from Malmö,in the south of Sweden. For the last few years, he has livedwith his family in New Delhi but has now moved back toSweden.Delhis vackraste händerThe most beautiful hands in DelhiSeptember 2011, 329 pagesSenior Editor: Susanna RomanusExtensive summary and sample translation in EnglishavailableMore than 55.000 copies soldRights sold to:Modtryk, DenmarkAschehoug, NorwayBazar, FinlandSignatuur, the Netherlandsbtb, GermanyPiemme, ItalyLa Campana, Spain (Catalan)Gaïa, FranceAlfaguara, Spain (Spanish)Humour, Warmth and Unexpected MeetingsIn Delhis vackraste händer, a middle-aged Swedishman meets the bustling and colourful life in Indiaand encounters unexpected passion where he leastexpected to find it. Mikael Bergstrand describes thismeeting with warmth and with a large portion ofhumour.Göran Borg is what you might call a “loser”: middle-aged,increasingly chubby, and without ambitions. His wakinghours are mostly spent on reading a fan blog for footballand thinking about his ex-wife, who left him 8 years, 4months and 3 days ago. This is his every-day life until oneday when he suddenly gets fired (due to extensive surfingon said fan blog for football) and is given a year’s worth ofsalary in compensation.When Göran has processed the worst of his bitterness,he decides to join his best friend Erik on a group trip toIndia. But the trip doesn’t at all turn out the way Göranexpected; already at the airport Erik abandons him forthe company of a hot, young girl in the group, and oncethey have arrived Göran is struck with a horrible case ofthe “Delhi Belly”. Sick, alone and deserted at a shabby hotelin Jaipur, Göran awaits his inevitable death. But thenYogendra “Yogi” Singh Thakur walks through the door, aspirited textile merchant armed to the teeth with inexhaustibleoptimism. With Yogi by his side, Göran is takenon an inner and outer journey through India, filled withadventure, strong friendship and intense love.Press voices:“Bridget Jones goes 52-year old flabby football nerd”Tara”Yogendra Singh Thakur, I would gladly meet him again.”Sydsvenskan”It is impossible to write a reflection on India better than Shantaram,but Mikael Bergstrand succeeds in bringing the readers alongto filthy backyards, spicy smells and brightly coloured saris” Metro”Incredibly funny book. I appoint it the next ‘Centenariansuccess’.”Radio P4, Värmland“It is so joyful and entertaining to read. You are coming alongon a delightful journey /.../ With a smile on your face you joinGöran on his adventures.” Radio P4, Hallandlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionEIJA HETEKIVI OLSSONEija Hetekivi Olsson, born 1973, grew up in theGothenburg suburbs Gårdsten and Bergsjön.She has worked as a cleaner and as a waitress,before studying to become a teacher. Ingenbarnslandis her debut.Ingenbarnsland/No Child’s LandJanuari 2012, 324 pagesSenior Editor: Susanna RomanusRights sold to: Schildts & Söderströms, FinlandCappelen Damm, NorgeWith Burning Rage and CourageThe parks are littered with trash; the streets are coveredwith cigarette butts. The bins outside the schoolare on fire, and so is the rage inside Miira.Asphalt court yards, concrete buildings and faces hard asstone. The place is called Gårdsten, a suburb outside Gothenburg,just like any other working-class suburb outsideany other town. Bored teenagers, junkies and alcoholicsshare the semi-empty squares and staircases. The litterbinsoutside the school are on fire, and so is the rage inside Miira.Miira is not like the other kids in the class; shoved togetherbecause of similar backgrounds, pre-determined by theschool as future cleaners and industrial workers. But Miirawants to become a prime minister or a brain surgeonwhen she grows up. She alone chooses advanced math inschool and shoplifts medical books to study at home. Sheis the kind of girl who never ducks for a fight, who won’tgiggle when guys grope her, who won’t accept any injusticesaround her. But she is also heavily weighed down bythe burden of her own class—she wants to be better, to dobetter, but the society won’t always let her. This is a “nochild’s land”, cemented by blunt bureaucracy and suppresseddreams.Eija Hetekivi Olsson’s eye-opening debut novel Ingenbarnslandis set in the Gothenburg suburbs in the 80s, and wefollow the girl Miira from her preadolescence to her becominga young woman. Hetekivi Olsson writes expressivelyand with rarely seen intensity; like a welding flame the noveldepicts Sweden after the Welfare State. The portray ofMiira is one of the strongest in recent years’ fiction.Press voices:“This is a ferociously strong debut /…/ seldom have I read such atranslucent, acute and contemporary description of the extremevulnerability of children who live an unprotected life”Dagens Nyheter”Reading Ingenbarnsland is like being flung round in a centrifuge.The world is not the same afterwards.” Norrköpings Tidningar”Ingenbarnsland with its grim realism is a wonderful debut novel,filled with extreme linguistic fantasy and with an intelligently executedstreet view of Swedish class-based society of 25 years ago. Idoubt it looks any different today. In an interview I read that EijaHetekivi Olsson is burning with the desire to write more books.Good! I really want to read more of her work!” Skånska Dagbladetlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionROBERT KVIBYRobert Kviby, born 1976, is a full-time writer and lives in Stockholm.Previously he has worked as a market manager in a major mediacompany. De korrupta is his litterary debut and the first title in theseries about Annie and Max Lander.De korrupta/The CorruptFebruari 2012, 311 pagesSenior Editor: Annika Seward-Jensen, TelegramSample translation and extensive summary in English availableMore than 32.000 copies soldRights sold to: Rowohlt, GermanyAlbatros, PolandSmart, Driven and Exciting to the Very Last Page”They were all prostitutes. All under thirty. Found inwooded areas and parks. Naked. They had been killedelsewhere and dumped where their bodies werediscovered. She was convinced it was systematic. Allfour of them had met the same man, and it had led totheir deaths. ”Friday night, January 1989, criminal reporter Annie Landeris the last one left in the editorial office as usual. For sometime she has been working on a story about four murderedprostitutes, convinced that there is a pattern betweenthem. The talk of the town is that a private club hosts partiesfilled with prostitutes and that there might be connectionsto the murders. Then she is ordered by the newspaperto seize with her investigations.Annie continues on her own and is starting to get close,both to the real story about the women, as well as to thetruth about her own life and the unsolved murder of hermother. And then suddenly she is gone.Annie’s husband Max soon realizes that the police won’texert themselves to find her, that it is all up to him. He followsher investigation to a country manor owned by a powerfulcorporate magnate, close to where her mother hadbeen found dead thirty years earlier. But nothing has preparedhim for what he will find.De korrupta is a thrilling read from the first page to the last.This impressive debut novel introduces Annie and MaxLander, and their crusade against the corrupt.Press voices:“To the true conspiracy theorist, MTG-director Robert Kviby’shard-boiled detective story is a pleasure. To gather research Kvibyhas tiptoed around the Wanted editorial team and got inside infofrom various gentlemen’s clubs. Well done! “ Metro”De korrupta is a really exciting book that is hard to put down.Kviby has decided to place his history in the 80s, an unusual erain crime novels. Kvibys descriptions of settings and time are vividand they are naturally woven into the history.” Bokbrus.selinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

crime fictionPress voices for Kommer aldrig mer igen/Never Coming Back:”Naturally Hans Koppel, alias Petter Lidbeck, should use his swift-minded punchy stile to write crime novels.”Dagens Nyheter“Koppel is a very fine writer but it’s as a machine perfectly designed to provoke compulsive page-turningthat makes this book so sensational. I read it in two long sessions and if you’re the sort of person whodoesn’t need much sleep, you’ll do it in one.” Morning Star”A supremely professional piece of work with a palpable sense of tension, and couched in unvarnishedprose.” The Independent”crisp and simple yet devastatingly effective, this is an unrelenting, terrifying slab of a psychological thrillerwhich ticks all the right boxes.” Daily Mirror“There are some fine stories out there and this is probably one of the best.” 612 ABC Brisbane Radio“It is exciting and there aren’t many superfluous scenes here. It reminds me of Hitchcock’s devilishly effectiveparanoia films /.../ Lidbeck/Koppel has a sure sense of style, not least when it comes to a genre wheremost Swedish thriller-writers fail: to write entertaining and hard-hitting dialogue which also moves theplot along.” Helsingborgs Dagblad“An icecold and cleverly composed thriller on guilt and revenge.” Sydsvenskan“Lidbeck is a skilled writer.” Expressen”If you like your books on the gritty and violent side – it really isn’t pretty in that cellar – then why not trythis harrowing tale of bitter revenge.” Peterborough Evening Telegraph”It is exciting form the first page to the last. The author builds up an infernal and nail-biting dramatic situation.”DAST MagazineThe Book of the Month (March 2011, Your Life Magazine):”Hans Koppel’s crime thriller is skilfully construed and sometimes really, really scary /.../ you are pushedalong at a furious pace, curious as to how it will end.””[Hans Koppel] writes refreshingly direct /.../ he touches upon loneliness and male friendship with sensitivity.Delightfully unpleasant read-in-one-go material, the plot is just bloody disgusting.””Revenge is not just sweet; it can also be very, very raw – which Hans Koppel proves to me in his new thriller./.../ and although I have a suspicion how it will all end, I am sucked into the exciting plot and can’t stopreading. I want more, more, more.””A dense thriller of the suspenseful type with an unexpected ending.” BTJ”Hans Koppel’s thriller debut is not for the faint of heart, because the Swedish author understands superblyhow to spread fear and terror. He plays perfectly on the instruments of the genre and keeps up the tensionliterally until the last page.” Buchjournal”Just 24 hours with a break of six hours sleep - that’s all I needed to read Kommer aldrig mer igen. Despiteit being a 350-page thick novel. But as soon as I had grabbed hold of Hans Koppel’s debut novel, stoppingwas no longer an option. The Scandinavian author has achieved an incredibly engrossing thrillerthat is selling like hot cakes in ten countries already.” Berliner Kurier”The detective novel is strongly reminiscent of the fate of Natascha Kampusch, who was also kidnappedand held prisoner in a small basement room for more than 3069 days by her tormentors /.../ HansKoppel presents in his debut thriller a psychological novel that skilfully mixes reality and fantasy into adense fabric. ” Siegener Zeitunglinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionHans KoppelPetter Lidbeck, born 1964, lives in Stockholm. Under thepseudonym ‘Hans Koppel’ he has previously publishedthree satirical novels about the Swedish middle class oftoday. Kommer aldrig mer igen/Never coming back, hisfirst thriller in a planned trilogy, has now sold more than60 000 copies in the UK and 50 000 copies in Sweden!Kommer aldrig mer igenNever Coming BackJanuary 2011, 251 pagesSenior Editor: Annika Seward Jensen, TelegramEnglish translation availableKom ska vi tycka om varandraYou’re Mine NowOctober 2012, 300 pagesSenior Editor: Annika Seward Jensen, TelegramTidigare titlar avom Vi i villa (2008)»vårens bästa samtidsskildring«Expressen»Norénkänsla och humor i skön mix«Aftonbladet»stilren och effektiv«Svenska Dagbladet––––––om Medicinen (2009)»synnerligen underhållande«Tidningen Kulturen»humor och sanningar i en skruvad roman«Tidningen Vi»ett riktigt lyckopiller«Bibliotekstipset––––––om Kungens födelsedag (2010)»Ett stycke lysande samtidssatir.«Kristianstadsbladet»osviklig känsla för skenbart banala detaljer, distinktioneroch tecken i tiden«Dalarnas Tidning»dags att kliva ut på scenen och tacka för de välförtjänta applåderna«SydsvenskanAn icecold and cleverly composed thrillerInternational critics raved about Koppel’s crime debutKommer aldrig mer igen. Now he’s back with anotherterrifying thriller that gets under your skin.Anna is living happily with her husband and daughter outsidethe southern city of Helsingborg. She and two of herfemale colleagues – the power troika of the Family Journal– are on a weekend conference to lay the plans for thecoming year.After dinner, Anna is courted by an attractive young manworking at a local ad agency. Unlike her two colleagues,Anna has never been unfaithful, not even thought aboutit, but Eric is 15 years younger, athletic and intensive andshe simply falls for his charms. It is the best sex Anna hasever had, but a mistake, and she is immediately regretful.She goes to Erik’s place to end their affair before it goes anyfurther, but ends up in bed with him instead.Anna tries to break up with Erik without hurting hisfeelings, but he reacts with jealousy and anger. Erik doesn’tcare that she has a husband and a daughter that she loves,and soon the conversation is alarming Anna. He will doanything to be with her, and soon the lives of her loved onesare in danger.Calle Collin – the journalist we met in Never Coming Back– plays a brief part in this story too. The location in southernSweden also connects this novel with the first in theseries but what ties them together even more, is the theme– Hans Koppel is back with a new thrilling novel about actionsand consequences.Rights sold to:Little, Brown, UK • Pegasus, USFront Forlag, Norway • Bruna, the NetherlandsHeyne, Germany • Presses de la Cité, FrancePiemme, Italy • Ayrinti, TurkeyEurasian, Taiwan • Weltbild/Swiat Ksiazki, PolandVerus/Record Publishing Group, BrazilCITIC Press, China • Planeta, SpainPeople’s Press, Denmarklinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionThe Sebastian Bergman SeriesMichael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt got off to a flyingstart with the publication of their debut Det fördolda/Dark Secrets in 2010. With psychologist and profiler SebastianBergman – an arrogant and narcissistic womanizerwith a personal trauma – in the lead role, Hjorth & Rosenfeldthad created an instant success.Months before Det fördolda was published in Sweden,translation rights were sold to nine countries. After thepublication, to great reviews, the novel could be found onthe bestseller list, where it remained for eight months. Sofar Det fördolda has sold 190.000 copies in Sweden.Lärjungen/The Disciple was published in August 2011. Thissecond part in the series reveals to the readers even moreabout Sebastian Bergman, in a breath-taking roller coasterride where Sebastian is confronted with his past, and withhis nemesis. Since publication, Lärjungen has sold morethan 145.000 copies.The third part of the series, Fjällgraven/The MountainGrave, will be published in October 2012.Rights sold to:Norway, Aschehoug • Danmark, Hr FerdinandFinland, Bazaar • Iceland, BjarturGermany, Rowohlt • The Netherlands, De Bezige BijFrance, Serpent à Plumes • Italy, EinaudiGreece, Psichogios • Poland, Czarna OwcaCzech Republic, Host • Russia, CorpusRomania, Editura Trei • Hungary, AnimusTurkey, Pegasus • Brazil, IntrinsecaAustralia & New Zealand, MurdochUK, Trapdoor/Little, Brown • US, Grand CentralPress voices for Hjorth/Rosenfeldt’s previous books:“Congratulations! The best Swedish debut since Larsson…?”Kristianstadsbladet (SE)“Det fördolda is a sensationally good Swedish crime novel.”Hallands Nyheter (SE)“Sebastian Bergman is a postitive addition to the crime world.An excellent thriller.” Het Parol (NL)”An astoundingly smart thriller” De telegraaf (NL)”The best Swedish crime export of 2011.” Die Welt (DE)linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionHjorth & RosenfeldtMichael Hjorth was born in 1963 in Visby. He is one ofScandinavia’s most accomplished screenwriters and producers,and one of the founders of the internationally successful productioncompany Tre Vänner.Hans Rosenfeldt was born in 1964 in Borås. He has writtenscreenplays for twenty drama series, including the internationalsuccess Bron/The Bridge and has hosted both radio and televisionshows.The Sebastian Bergman Series:Det fördolda/Dark SecretsAugust 2010, 423 pagesLärjungen/The DiscipleAugust 2011, 417 pagesFjällgraven/The Mountain GraveOctober 2012, 460 pagesSenior Editor: Susanna RomanusFull English translation of Det fördolda availableWho Lies in the Mountain Grave?Two women are hiking in the mountains of Jämtlandin the North of Sweden. It’s autumn and it’s raininghard, and when one of them gets too close to the edgeabove a raging torrent, the ground gives way and thewoman falls. She manages to save herself, but sheand her friend make a macabre discovery: the handof a skeleton is protruding from the river bank.The local police arrive at the scene and start diggingand find that there is more than one body buried in theground. When the area is fully excavated six bodies havebeen found; four adults and two children. The Crime InvestigationDepartment (CID) is called in, and SebastianBergman travels to Jämtland along with the rest of theteam.It is quickly established that the six were buried at thesame time, but only two of the bodies can be easily identifiedas a Dutch couple who were reported missing in November2003. The others remain a mystery – their DNAprove that they are a family, but no family had been reportedmissing that autumn. Another mystery is the caraccident in the area the same week that the Dutch coupledisappeared. The body of a woman had been found in abrunt-out rental car, but the American name in whichthe car had been registered leads nowhere. A lot of thingsdon’t quite add up.In the mean time, a television journalist is investigatinga so-called asylum deviation; according to authorities twomale Afghan refugees went underground in summer of2003. Shibeka, wife to one of the men, refuses to believethat her husband would leave his family voluntarily andthe journalist she has contacted suspects that there mightbe a real, big story to detect.In Fjällgraven we follow profiler and psychologist SebastianBergman and his colleagues in the CID team again, andget even closer to them than we have before. In a thrillingpursuit of the truth, they are up against powerful forceswho are willing to go to the ends of the earth to maketheir secret agenda remain secret.linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionMaria LangThe queen of cosy crime, Maria Lang (1914-1991), wrote42 much loved detective stories. Her debut Mördarenljuger inte ensam /The Murderer Doesn’t Lie Alone waspublished in 1949 and was followed by a new book eachyear until 1991.Maria Lang (pseud. for Dagmar Lange) had a PhD inLiterature and worked as a director of studies and seniorlecturer at the New Elementary School for Girls inStockholm from 1948 and until 1974. She lived at timesin Nora, where she moved after her retirement. MariaLang was a member of the Swedish detective academy.Available material: German sample translation ofSe, döden pa dig väntar/See Death Upon You Wait.The Grand Old Lady of Swedish CrimeSweden’s answer to Agatha Christie, and the originof the crime novel wave of our times. She debuted in1949 with Mördaren ljuger inte ensam and for thenext 42 years she published one book per year.Maria Lang was for a long time one of the most popularand widely read crime writers but has been neglected lately.Her books are traditional puzzle mysteries often setin the academic environment or in the small mining townSkoga, a slight euphemism for Nora where the author livedfor many years.Christer Wijk, a handsome and pipe-smoking detective isthe recurrent problem solver in her books. The protagonistin the first novels is the dashing professor’s daughterPuck Ekstedt, but from Vår sång blir stum/Our song is dumb(1960), Almi Graan (an anagram of Maria Lang) a detectivenovelist helps Wijk solve the criminal mysteries.Maria Lang describes human passions and erotic conflictsbut is sometimes startlingly modern. Like in her first novel,where she makes a both matter of fact and passionate pleathat also homosexual love is real love. And this is writtenonly five years after homosexuality was decriminalized andthirty years before the Swedish Board of Health and Welfarestopped declaring it a disease.Swedish television channel, TV4, is making a series basedon six of Maria Lang’s books from the forties and fifties,all set around Skoga and in different seasons. The first filmwill be shown in cinemas, and the tv-series that will be broadcastedin 2013 will be shown internationally, Denmark,Norway and Finland are confirmed so far.Norstedts will re-launch this vintage crime gem in thespring of 2013 with Maria Lang’s first three books in neweditions with an imagery of the 1950’s.linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Crime FictionMördaren ljuger inte ensamThe Murderer Doesn’t Lie AloneOn a remote island in a divine lake lies Rutger’s dream cabin, a paradisefor stressed city people. A handful of guests are playing around on theisland, swimming, sailing and dancing. But for some it turns into morethan a game. One is murdered. One becomes a murderer. And they allhave something to hide.March 2013, 288 pagesSenior Editor: Peter KarlssonRights sold to: Silke, NorwayGummerus, FinlandFarligt att förtära/Harmful if EatenAt a theatre performance in connection with a student party at the secondaryschool the heroin drops dead on stage, poisoned. Shortly afteranother girl is found dead under the stage. The tension and fear isspreading in the school.March 2013, 288 pagesSenior Editor: Peter KarlssonRights sold to: Silke, NorwayGummerus, FinlandInte flera mord/No More MurdersNewlyweds, Puck and Einar Bure, are planning to spend a restful holidaytogether with Puck’s father Professor Johannes Ekstedt, in the idyllicsmall town Skoga. But on the first day the Professor finds a dead youngman outside his window. When inquisitive Puck starts scrutinizing thesmall society she finds that under the pleasant surface hatred, jealousyand cruelty are lurking.March 2013, 288 pagesSenior Editor: Peter KarlssonRights sold to: Silke, NorwayGummerus, Finlandlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

narrative non-fictionIngrid CarlbergIngrid Carlberg is a journalist and author. She workedfor the major Swedish daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter,for the last 20 years. Her latest book, Pillret/The Pill, wasawarded no less than three prizes among them Guldspaden,for best investigative journalism 2008.Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig- Berättelsen om Raoul WallenbergRaoul Wallenberg - a BiographyMay 2012, 750 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan HildingSample translation in English availableMore than 14.000copies sold“A truly fascinating, subtle and revelatory portrait of this enigmatic character andperhaps the closest any historian has got to the real man and the truth of his fate.”— Simon Sebag MontefioreRaoul Wallenberg had envisioned a different life. Hesought no hero role and no real adventure. In the springof 1944, he would turn 32 years old and he worked for asmall trading company that imported geese, turkeys andegg powder from Hungary. He was trained as an architect,went for a career in business but found it difficult to findhis ways.Then the Holocaust came to Hungary. An American-SwedishRescue Action for the last remnants of Europe’s Jewishpopulation was discussed. Swedish Government wasurged to send someone. But who? A series of coincidencesmeant that all eyes fell on the food retailer Raoul Wallenberg.Six months later, thousands of Hungarian Jews had theyoung Swede to thank for their lives. In January 1945 RaoulWallenberg voluntarily went to meet the Soviet troops in abombed out Budapest. He would never return to Sweden.of an historical research effort in up until now unknownand unexploited archives. For the first time ever, the fullstory of Raoul Wallenberg is presented, using all the sourcesavailable today - his childhood and early career inStockholm during the War, the dramatic short six monthsin Budapest, the circumstances surrounding his arrest andimprisonment in the Soviet Union, and the lengthy politicalgame about his fate until this day. For the first time weget to follow Raoul Wallenberg’s family through the entireseries of tragic diplomatic failures, which led to him nevercoming back.The author Ingrid Carlberg has with scientific precisionproduced a shattering reading experience, where famouscharacters in history come to life. The person Raoul Wallenbergemerges from the shadows, as well as his life inMoscow prisons. Recurrent connections to recent historycreates a deeper understanding of what really happenedand why.Det står ett rum här och väntar på dig is not only a greatstory that will take your breath away. It is also the resultlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

narrative non-fictionDaniel Goldberg & Linus LarssonDaniel Goldberg och Linus Larsson are two of Sweden’s most wellknown tech- and IT journalists. Their articles have been publishedin among others, Washington Post and quoted in BBC News, TheNew York Times och The Sydney Morning Herald.MinecraftOctober 2012, 236 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan SkogRights sold to:Seven Stories Press, US (World English)Minecraft - A Success StoryMarkus Persson, to most of his fans know as ”Notch”,has become a legend. He is an inspiration and a beaconfor thousands of small-scale game developers allover the world. But outside the video game industry,pretty much nobody has heard of him.Three years ago, Markus Persson was a bored it-developerin Stockholm, spending his days at a mundane software developmentfirm. In the evenings, he toiled away on a labourof love: an obscure game to be played online. The game wascalled Minecraft. Markus released it to the world in early2009. At first hardly anyone cared, but the rumour of theingeniously simple game quickly spread.Today, Minecraft (named one of the top 50 inventions of2011 by Time Magazine) is a global phenomenon and MarkusPersson is a multi millionaire and in the world of computergames, he is a superstar - over half a million peoplefollow his movements on twitter.Minecraft is more than a game, more like doing somethingtogether with others, it’s quite similar to a digital Lego boxand a Minecraft-Lego is actually being produced. Almostanything can be built into the game’s block-and pixel world,to fill it with construction together with other players is theaim.Minecraft is an unparalleled success, with twenty millionregistered users and thousands of fans who gather at Minecraftconventions, dressed up as their favourite charactersfrom the game. In hundreds of schools throughout Europeand the US, Minecraft is being introduced as a teachers’tool in helping young children understand concepts such asteamwork, social codes, engineering and computer scienceskills.Minecraft is one of the fastest growing cultural phenomenaof the internet age. In 2012 Norstedts will publish the firstbook on Minecraft, for which the authors have interviewedcreator and online legend ”Notch”. It is a gripping andheartwarming tale that has never been told in full before,of one man’s unlikely rise from rags to riches. It is also anin-depth case study of a phenomenon that is changingglobal youth culture and challenging established billiondollarbusiness models through the disruptive power of theinternet.linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Literary fictionMårten BlomkvistMårten Blomkvist has been writingabout movies for a long time, mostlyin Dagens Nyheter, he is also active asa lecturer. Since 1977 he lives togetherwith Bo Widerberg’s daughter Nina.Höggradigt jävla excentrisk -En biografi över Bo WiderbergEccentric to the Bloody Extreme -A Bo Widerberg BiographyAugust 2011, 558 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan HildingEccentric to the Bloody Extreme”My reasoning starts from the view that no reallygood Swedish film has been made in modern times,that the best film in each genre can not compete withthe best foreign film in the same genre," wrote Bo Widerbergin 1962 when he tried to start a debate onSwedish film.When he soon afterwards began directing himself he appearedready to live up to the commitment to raise Swedishfilm to an international level. Bo Widerberg did notcare how they used to do things in Sweden. He admiredthe French new wave, and his starting point was how thebest in the European and American film industry worked.The result was classics like Kvarteret Korpen, Elvira Madigan,Ådalen 31 och Mannen på taket.Bo Widerberg demanded the best for his films. His demandsand his aversion to planning, the enemy to spontaneity,made him difficult to work with. He scared theproducers and wore out his film crews and as a result hedidn’t make as many movies as he had wished. But hisfilms, and the actors in them, won awards in both Swedenand abroad, and many thought afterwards that it had beenfantastic to work with a man who, according to Roy Andersson,"was not afraid to ask for anything".Mårten Blomqvist has used interviews with nearly ninetyemployees, friends, enemies, relatives and wives to describeBo Widerberg’s struggle - from his debut with Barnvagnenin 1963 to the finale Lust och fägring stor in 1995 - tomake Swedish movies that could compete with the bestforeign in the same genre.Press voices:"Anyone who wants to follow the great Swedish filmmaker andhis films can get a lot out of reading the more than 550 pages"Allehanda"A very solid work that every movie interested person shouldread" Dalslänningen"Mårten Blomkvist's book is impressive" Skånska Dagbladet"It's a substantial, energetic biography" Arbetarbladet"A detailed, lively and vividly drawn picture of Widerberg's life"Expressen"The Widerberg biography is constantly entertaining, stimulating,full of previously unknown anecdotes from various stormyfilm sets and elsewhere, as well as dramaturgically catchy andstringently structured." Norrbottens Kuriren"It was about bloody time that a book was written about hisheadstrong man" Helsingborgs Dagbladlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

narrative non-fictionJesper BengtsonJesper Bengtsson is a journalist and author. He has followeddevelopments in Burma for more than ten years. Jesper is thechairman of the Swedish section of Reporters sans frontières[Reporters Without Borders].Aung San Suu Kyi – En kamp för frihetAung San Suu Kyi – A biographyNovember 2011, 263 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan SkogEnglish translation availableRights sold to:Spartacus, NorwayMinerva, FinlandTurbulenz, DenmarkHarperCollins, AustraliaPotomac Books, USAAmaryllis, IndiaDe Geus, The NetherlandsMorning Star, TaiwanRotbuch Verlag, GermanyAung San Suu Kyi – A BiographyIn May 2010, Norstedts published Jesper Bengtsson’s biographyon Burma opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prizelaureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, Aung San Suu Kyiwas released from house arrest in November 2010 and inFebruary 2011 Jesper Bengtsson managed to interview her.In November 2011, the revised and updated version of thiscelebrated biography was released.“We sit down in a sofa a few feet away from each other. Sheseems relaxed and perfectly composed. I ask her about herenergy and apparently good mood.’It´s not strange at all’, she says with an ironic glimpse in hereyes. ’The military gave me seven years of rest, so now I´mfull of energy to continue my work.’That´s mildly spoken an interesting approach to time, thatsomeone with a less optimistic view on life would define aswasted. But that´s how she seems to be, this Nobel Prize laureateand democratic icon. She has survived all these yearsof isolation by embracing it and pick out the up sides ratherthan the obvious down sides.”Press voices:“To anyone who wants to try to understand why, I highlyrecommended Burma scholar Jesper Bengtsson’s initiated,highly readable biography.” Östgöta Correspondenten”An excellent biography” Tidningen Ångermanland”An engaging and believable portrait of a remarkable womanwho stands out against the harrowing backdrop ofBurma’s sad story, that Bengtsson know better than most.I confess: my admiration is endless.” Dagens Nyheter”Read this book. Not to get an objective analysis of AungSan Suu Kyi’s political achievements, but to get a backgroundand understanding of why she has been under housearrest for 14 of the last 20 years and why she chose not to travelto her husband’s deathbed in March 1999.” Norra Skånelinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

narrative non-fictionNiklas Zetterling & Dan ÖbergNiklas Zetterling, born 1963, is an author and military historianworking at the Swedish Military Academy in Stockholm. His firstbook Avgörandets ögonblick written together with Michael Tamelanderwas followed by a number of books on military history.Dan Öberg is a military historian, he speaks Japanese and took hisdoctor’s degree in Japan.Kampen om Stilla havetThe Battle of the PacificSeptember 2012, 318 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan HildingRights sold to: Informations Forlag, DenmarkOption publishers:Spartacus, NorwayCasemate Publishers, USAThe Battle of the PacificThe Pacific War was the most extensive and costlynaval campaign ever fought. Initially the ImperialJapanese Navy attained its strategic goals, but overtime they met with increasingly powerful Americanresistance.The Battle of Midway is the best known confrontation andis often called the turning point of the Pacific, but severalother very dramatic naval battles feature in this book, inwhich the two Japanese aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikakutake centre stage. The men who found themselves inthe Pacific war zone fought a battle in which they oftenlacked reliable information. In the Coral Sea, north east ofAustralia, the first fleet action in history involving the engagementof aircraft carriers took place. Japanese carriersShokaku and Zuikaku took on the US fleet carriers Lexiconand Yorktown.We read about the Japanese pilots who searched in vain fortheir opponent’s main striking force, and the men onboardthe carriers who witnessed the air attacks and experiencedthe bombings. Many mistakes and errors of judgment weremade because no one had been involved in this type ofbattle before. The Pacific war saw rapid escalation with notime for full training, and the book describes the combatants’attempts to adapt to changing circumstances.The war at sea, involving aircraft carriers operating withthe latest aircraft and newly-developed radar, was dependenton the most advanced technology of the day. Despitethis, military personnel played a significant role. The bookportrays human destinies on the aircraft carriers, based ondiaries, letters, interviews with war veterans, archive material,and includes medical officers, pilots, radio engineersand many other individuals. The authors introduce charactersin the wider context of war, with a discussion of issuessuch as the arrival of the kamikaze units, the willingness tofight against the American super power, field brothels andstrategic planning.linda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

from our backlist – literary fictionHåkan Bravinger, Bära bud/The messenger of Peacesold to: Gyldendal, Denmark • Arneberg, Norway • Btb, Germany • JC Lattès, France • Czarna Owca, PolandSTIG DAGERMAN, with newly written prefaces by PO Enquist, JM Le Clezio, Siri Hustvedt andElfride Jelinek, Ormen/The Snake, Bränt barn/A burnt Child, De dömdas ö/The Island of the Doomed,Tysk höst/German Autumnsold to: Iperborea, Italy • Actes Sud, France • University of Minesota Press, US • among othersPer Olov Enquist, Ett annat liv/Another Kind of Lifesold to: MacLehose, World English • Actes Sud, France • Carl Hanser, Germany • Ambo Anthos, the Netherlands• Gyldendal, Norway • Rosinante, Denmark • Iperborea, Italy • Host, Czech republic • Europa, Hungary• Destino, SpainAnneli Jordahl, Augustenbad en sommar/Augustenbad, One Summersold to: Vega, Norway • Suhrkamp, GermanyTORGNY LINDGREN, Minnen/Reminiscencessold to: Gyldendal, Norway • Rosinante, Denmark • De Geus, the Netherlands • Tammi, Finland • LoominguRaamatukogu, Estonia • Actes Sud, FranceMARIA SVELAND, Bitterfittan/Bitter Bitchsold to: Versal, Norway • Modtryk, Denmark • Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Germany • De Geus, the Netherlands• Constable & Robinson, World English • Jota, Czech Republic • Czarna Owca, PolandAmanda Svensson, Välkommen till den här världen/Welcome to This Worldsold to: Actes Sud, Francefrom our backlist – crime fiction———————————————————————————————————----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THOMAS BODSTRÖM, Rymmaren/The Escapee, Idealisten/The Idealist, Lobbyisten/The Lobbyistsold to: Heyne, Germany • Pegasus, Turkey • Empik, Poland • Urdur, IcelandÅKE EDWARDSON, The Inspector Winter SeriesDans med en ängel/Dance With an Angel, Rop från långt avstånd/A Distant Cry, Sol och skugga/Sun and Shade,Låt det aldrig ta slut/Never End et alsold to: Ullstein, Germany • J.C. Lattes, France • Simon & Schuster US, World English • Rosinante, Denmark • Tiden,Norway • Like, Finland • Bruna, the Netherlands • among othersDenise Rudberg, The Marianne Jidhoff SeriesEtt litet snedsprång/Stepping Over the Line, Två gånger är en vana/Twice is a Habitsold to: Cappelen Damm, Norway • Amazon, World Englishlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se

Rights List 2012norstedts agencyliterary fiction—————————————————————————————————-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Johannes AnyuruGunnar ArdeliusMikael BergstrandJonas GardellMariette GlodeckJonas Hassen KhemiriEija Hetekivi OlssonAleksander MotturiKarolina RamqvistKristina SandbergHelena ThorfinnRobert ÅsbackaEn storm kom från paradiset/A Storm Blew in from ParadiseFriheten förde oss hit/The Love of Liberty Brought Us HereDelhis vackraste händer/The most beautiful Hands in DelhiTorkar aldrig tårar utan handskar/Never Wipe Tears Without GlovesDen sista dagen i december/The Last Day of DecemberJag ringer mina bröder/I’m Calling My BrothersIngenbarnsland/No Child´s LandSvindlarprästen/The Swindling PriestAlltings början/The Beginning of EverythingSörja för de sina/Taking Care of One’s OwnInnan floden tar oss/Sisters by the RiverSamlaren/The Collectorcrime fiction———————————————————————————————————----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael Hjorth & Hans Rosenfeldt The Sebastian Bergman Series:Det fördolda/Dark Secrets (2010)Lärjungen/The Disciple (2011)Hans KoppelFjällgraven/The Mountain Grave (2012)The Collin Series:Kommer aldrig mer igen/Never Coming Back (2011)Kom ska vi tycka om varandra/You’re Mine Now (2012)Robert Kviby De korrupta/The Corrupt (2012)Maria Lang Mördaren ljuger inte ensam/The Murderer Doesn’t Lie Alone (1949/2013)Farligt att förtära/Harmful if Eaten (1950/2013)Inte flera mord/No More Murders (1951/2013)narrative non-fiction———————————————————————————————————----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jesper BengtssonMårten BlomqvistIngrid CarlbergDaniel Goldberg & Linus LarssonNiklas Zetterberg & Dan ÖbergAung San Suu Kyi - En kamp för frihet/Aung San Suu Kyi - A BiographyHöggradigt jävla excentrisk - En biografi över Bo Widerberg/Eccentric tothe Bloody Extreme - A Bo Widerberg BiographyDet står ett rum här och väntar på dig - Berättelsen om Raoul Wallenberg/Raoul Wallenberg – a biographyMinecraftKampen om Stilla havet/The Battle of the PacificFor more information about our books:Linda Altrov BergFiction, general-non fictionlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.sePhone +46 10 744 20 33Mobile + 46 705 65 22 70Catherine MörkFiction, general-non fictioncatherine.mork@norstedts.sePhone +46 10 744 20 34Mobile + 46 702 04 26 05Åsa BergmanFiction, general-non fictionasa.bergman@norstedts.sePhone +46 10 744 21 10Mobile + 46 733 02 82 00www.norstedtsagency.selinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se