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New Swedish Books 8 Best new writing Linus de Fai
re received Katapultpriset for best debut novel of 2018 for Boken om Yousef (Albert Bonniers Förlag), a fictitious memoir set in 1970s and 80s Beirut. Here he shares his own 2018 pick of new writing. Balsam Karam (b. 1983) Event Horizon, novel, 148 p. Because of its humanistic and poetic struggle to climb out of a political black hole. Publisher Norstedts www.norstedts.se Rights Norstedts Agency Hanna Rajs Lundström (b. 1991) Arms, poetry, 95 p. Because of what seems like its, on the surface, idle mastery of language, and for its rhythm, its bloody rhythm! Publisher 10tal bok www.10tal.se Rights 10tal bok Wera von Essen (b. 1986) The Diary of a Debutant, novel 281 p. A sharp and funny book, which on a metalevel succeeds in being simultaneously timeless and incredibly bound by its time. A kind of ‘Seinfeld-novel’ in that it’s a novel about nothing but its own being. Publisher Modernista Förlag www.modernista.se Rights Modernista Förlag Photo: Magnus Liam Karlsson Photo: Isis Muhleisen Photo: Matti Koli