New Swedish Books, spring 2017 1
45 Spring 2017 Anders Holmer (b. 1977) It Happens
! Publisher Natur & Kultur info@nok.se www.nok.se Rights Koja agency carin.bacho@kojaagency.com Anders Holmer is an artist and an architect. It Happens! is his first book. It Happens! Imagination knows no bounds. It can propel the reader absolutely anywhere. In Anders Holmer’s picture book debut it is propelled up into the air, where an orchestra wearing parachutes tumbles through the clouds, complete with organ, cello and everything. Or thrust into a restaurant where a hare is boiling a savage bouillon. Or thrown into a levitating train driven by an angry raspberry. Why not? Everything’s possible. It Happens! is a happy book. The rhyming text bounces. It’s playful and wild, fast and dizzying. Its humour and zest for life is difficult to resist. Photo: José Figueroa