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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