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 <strong>and</strong> made his highly prai<strong>se</strong>dliterary debut in 1985. <strong>He</strong> is one of Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia’s mostpopular st<strong>and</strong>-up comedians <strong>and</strong> a highly appreciated playwright.Jonas Gardell has an unerring talent to punctureour everyday life <strong>and</strong> the emotions beneath. In his books heportrays all kinds of human beings, the humour is natural<strong>and</strong> obvious as is also pain <strong>and</strong> sorrow. In Jonas Gardell’swritings there are no taboos, he moves with preci<strong>se</strong>ness betweenthe big <strong>and</strong> the small, between dreams <strong>and</strong> stern reality.<strong>He</strong> has written 16 books <strong>and</strong> 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) • Frestel<strong>se</strong>rnas 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 <strong>and</strong>ra: samlade visdomsord2010-2011 (2011)linda.altrovberg@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>catherine.mork@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>asa.bergman@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>
Literary fictionTorka aldrig tårar utan h<strong>and</strong>skarNever Wipe Tears Without GlovesIn 1982 the first reports on a new mysterious di<strong>se</strong>a<strong>se</strong>reached Sweden; a cancer-like illness with rapid cour<strong>se</strong><strong>and</strong> imminent death striking only homo<strong>se</strong>xual 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 <strong>and</strong> in five weeks it sold more than 60.000 copies.jonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan h<strong>and</strong>skar2. sjukdomenjonasgardelltorka aldrigtårar utanh<strong>and</strong>skar2. Sjukdomennorstedts1. Kärleken/1. LoveAugust 2012, 288 pagesLead title in the two major book clubsSample translation in English available2. Sjukdomen/2. Di<strong>se</strong>a<strong>se</strong>January 2013, 240 pages3. Döden/3. DeathJuly 2013, 240 pagesSenior Editor: Eva Gedinjonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan h<strong>and</strong>skar3 . dödenjonasgardelltorka aldrig tårarutan h<strong>and</strong>skar3 . DödennorstedtsRights sold to: Piratforlaget, Norway • Johnny Kniga, WSOY, Finl<strong>and</strong> • De Geus, Holl<strong>and</strong>Option 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 <strong>and</strong>beautiful he throws him<strong>se</strong>lf 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 <strong>and</strong> bitchiest homo<strong>se</strong>xual God evercreated. Then, on the evening of Christmas Eve, with snowfalling over the city, Rasmus <strong>and</strong> Benjamin meet, <strong>and</strong> nothingis the same again.This is a story of a time <strong>and</strong> a place. It happened here, in thecity of Stockholm, on the<strong>se</strong> streets, among the people wholive out their lives here. In this city’s parks, its pavement cafés,bars, sauna clubs, porn cinemas, hospitals, churches <strong>and</strong>graveyards. In a city where most of the inhabitants carriedon with their lives as if nothing was happening, young menfell ill, grew thinner, wasted away <strong>and</strong> died. It was like a warbeing fought in peace time. The very people who loved themost, who were pos<strong>se</strong>s<strong>se</strong>d by love - they were the ones takenby the frost.Torka aldrig tårar utan h<strong>and</strong>skar is a compelling, passionate<strong>and</strong> desperate portrayal of 1980s Stockholm, of people whohad started to grasp their freedom for the first time in history,<strong>and</strong> about an illness that broke out <strong>and</strong> threatened tokill them all.Press voices:”As a dirge, as a reminder, as criticism, as rehabilitation, as a declarationof love, <strong>and</strong> not least as highly anxious historiography,it is everything I could wish for. And even though I know it willget wor<strong>se</strong> 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 <strong>and</strong> 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 h<strong>and</strong>skar will beintroduced as compulsory reading in all Swedish <strong>se</strong>condaryschools.” Kristianstadsbladet“Jonas Gardell wants to force us to remember <strong>and</strong> thus save hisdead friends from yet another death, the death of silence <strong>and</strong>oblivion. <strong>He</strong> is well prepared for the job. The reported re<strong>se</strong>archis impressive. Gardell is, you realize, deeply concerned with usreally underst<strong>and</strong>ing what happened <strong>and</strong> why it happened.”Sydsvenskanlinda.altrovberg@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>catherine.mork@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>asa.bergman@norstedts.<strong>se</strong>
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