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New Swedish Books 20 Sara Beischer (b. 1983) I Sh
ouldn’t Really Be Talking About This Publisher Lind & Co www.lindco.se Rights Lind & Co info@lindco.se Works Jag ska egentligen inte jobba här, novel, 2012 Det finns råttor överallt utom på Antarktis, novel, 2013 Mamma är bara lite trött, novel, 2016 Selected Literary Prizes Halmstads kultur -stipendium 2013 Samfundet De Nios Julpris 2016 Stig Sjödinpriset 2017 I Shouldn’t Really Be Talking About This Young nursing assistant Moa writes a workplace novel that attracts no interest from publishers – until a series of scandals in elderly care make it highly topical. Suddenly, not only is her book the most hyped literary debut of the season, but she is also in demand as a speaker, debater and expert commentator. Everybody wants to listen to her, but does she know what to say? Sara Beischer’s novel about society’s media mechanisms is a dramatic comedy with a very serious core. Fame seems to require that Moa betray the very people she wants to defend: her overworked colleagues in dementia care. Neither the cultural figures nor the politicians she meets want to do anything concrete for the elderly; all they do is debate and speak on panels. I Shouldn’t Really Be Talking About This is the free-standing follow-up to Beischer’s debut I Shouldn’t Really Be Working Here, which traces Moa’s first year as an elderly care nurse. Photo: Sevda Svensson