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25 Autumn 2017 Torbjörn Flygt (b. 1964) Escape Ro
ute Publisher Norstedts www.norstedts.se Rights Norstedts eva.gedin@norstedts.se Selected Works Fruktolösa tokobertar Children’s book 2011 Var man 2013 Spår i sanden Novel 2014 Literary Prizes Augustpriset 2001 Escape Route The situation in a country, perhaps somewhere in Central Europe, is worrying. Immigration policies are hardening, internment camps are being built, there are violent clashes and a nationalistic dictatorship is installed. The international community sound the alarm but the conflicts progress into outright war, resulting in invasion. Hart is a young, slightly unusual, man. His father is out fighting and Hart is left on the farm with his mother and two sisters. That winter of war is particularly harsh and one evening Hart encounters a woman and her young daughter in the storm. They’re trying to escape and the family takes the risky decision to hide them up in their attic. Escape Route is a thrilling, beautiful and unflinching novel about morals, memories, and love – values that can easily get sidelined. Torbjörn Flygt’s writing includes novels, plays and children’s books. His novels set in 1970s Malmö have become modern classics in Sweden. Escape Route launches Flygt into brand new spheres. Photo: Hans Jonsson