New Swedish Books. Spring 2016 1
SPRING 2016 KLARA WIKSTEN (WORDS AND IMAGES) BRAI
N TREMBLINGS SYSTER FÖRLAG RIGHTS: SYSTER FÖRLAG Brain Tremblings Klara Wiksten has drawn her comics project Brain Tremblings for minicomics and online publication. Now it comes together in book form. Wiksten takes herself, her mental health problems and the apathy she periodically suffers from as her starting point: getting out of bed is a challenge, seeing people is a torment, working is hard to even imagine. Labour market initiatives and one or two spontaneous walks outside of her apartment bring her in contact with others in similar situations, others who have difficulty coping with the world and society as they’re structured. She realises these are the people she’d rather be around. Twisted stories about strange marginal existences are told with conscious naivety, naked honesty and a unrespecting mix of autobiography and pure fiction. Brain Tremblings is a loving celebration of ‘the difficult ones, the ones beyond the margins, the ones who don’t follow the herd.’ 59 Photo: Johanna Arnström