DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Nordic Fauna

Andrea Lundgren author John Litell translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peirene Press Ltd

Published:18th Feb '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Nordic Fauna cover

A train stops on the tracks in the middle of the night and a lone woman steps out, following a call from deep in the forest. In these six richly imagined short stories, Andrea Lundgren explores a liminal space where the town meets the wilderness and human consciousness meets something more animalistic. From foxes to blue whales to angels, the creatures that roam through these stories spark a desire for something more in their human counterparts: a longing for transformation. Whether dealing with familial tensions, romantic troubles, or a crisis of faith, their human anguish is explored with psychological depth and poetic insight in the earthy, evocative world of Lundgren’s northern borderlands.

‘A magical realist universe where anything can happen and not much can be explained.’ Vi Laaser; ‘Mesmeric...These are fascinating, haunting stories that stay with the reader.’ Alex Fleming, Swedish Book Review; 'Magical realism and environmental poetry spiced with elements of horror in the spirit of Jon Ajvide Lindqvist.' göteborgs-posten

  • Short-listed for Svenska Dagbladet’s Literature Award 2018

ISBN: 9781908670632

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown