New Swedish Books, Spring 2020 1
23 Spring 2020 Corridors Moa Eriksson Sandberg Se
lected works Söta pojkar är bara på låtsas, YA novel, 2011 Den första flickan skogen möter, chapter book, 2013 Glitterflickan, chapter book, 2019 Nominations Barnens Romanpris 2013 Spårhunden 2014 Authors Moa Eriksson Sandberg and Ester Roxberg have banded together and collaborated on Corridors, a collection of twelve short stories about life in secondary school. Perhaps this book will be most thrilling to those who are just about to enter the teenage world, anticipating the challenges that await them there. Here the writers are serving up well-written short stories about love, sex, relationships, the body, friendship and many other subjects that belong to life and puberty – getting a bad reputation, being crazy in love and so on. In a language that is both believable and Ester Roxberg Selected works Antiloper, Y/A novel, 2011 Min pappa Ann-Christine, autobiography, 2014 Barnvagnsblues, novel, 2018 Awards Årets bok på QX-galan 2015 inviting Eriksson Sandberg and Roxberg tackle everything under the sun, from worrying about your sexual orientation to fantasising about vampires. While the tone and tempo change, the approach is always direct, with emotions running high across the pages of the book. It is an engaging collection that takes young people and their inner lives seriously. YA short stories, 12-15 years, 200 p. Publisher Rabén & Sjögren www.rabensjogren.se Moa Eriksson Sandberg (b. 1981) Ester Roxberg (b. 1987) Rights Rabén & Sjögren Jenny Vargensten jenny.vargensten@rabensjogren.se Photo: Emil Malmborg Photo: Lina Alriksson