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New Swedish Books 4 Critic’s choice Jonas Thente
was a scholar of literature at Lund University where his studies also encompassed philosophy, art history and social anthropology. He has been a critic since 1990, and was the Deputy Culture Editor at Göteborgs-Posten before becoming Literary Editor at Dagens Nyheter in 2000. He is also a translator of English, Danish and Norwegian. He is not very amused by comical and/or heartwarming novels. FICTION Photo: Swedish Arts Council