Svalorna flyger så högt att ingen längre kan se dem

by Åke Edwardson

Ann och Johan Nedergård sitter vid sin snart elvaårige sons sjuksäng. Andreas har legat i koma i flera månader, alltsedan han fått ett träd över sig efter den stora stormen Gudrun. Olyckan har förändrat deras liv totalt och dagarna består av en enda lång väntan, samtidigt som de avlöser varandra på sjukhuset.

Med stor medkänsla och på ett starkt och mångbottnat språk skildras hur Johan och Ann lever i chock och desperation, men också med ett hopp. Hur ska de kunna fortsätta med sina liv? Kommer det att vara något mer än en semester från döden? Och den största frågan kommer Andreas att återvända till dem?

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Åke Edwardson is a Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University, the city where many of his Inspector Winter novels are set. Edwardson has had many jobs, including a journalist and press officer for the United Nations, and his crime novels have made him a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award for best crime novel. His first novel to be translated into English, in 2005, was Sun and Shadow. The second, Never End, followed in 2006.

Series:
* Inspector Winter

Reviews

[Elisabeth Müller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich genieße die Krimis von Ake Edwardson. Dies ist eine Geschichte über einen Verlust, der einem Paar den Boden unter den Füßen wegzieht. Mit Kraft und Behutsamkeit erzählt Edwardson, wie jeder der beiden mit der Situation umgeht. Sehr berührend.

[Emmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

there was SO much potential. the beginning was *chefs kiss*

[Ann · Rating 2 out of 5]

Åke Edwardsson, nationally and internationally known for his (filmatized) Chief Inspector Erik Winter crime novels, has surprised me with this non-violent novel. I've read one or two E. Winter novels and watched one tv version and got "dehooked" quite fast, as E. Winter novels seemed to be using violence to attract an audience which I'm not part of... the more digusting, the merrier?

But this novel (a gift for my birthday) is quite different as it slowly follows a couple's struggle through life's challenges. Starting in the aftermath of the real disaster that hit Sweden 2005, the infamous hurricane Gudrun, the reader follows the couple dealing with their comatose kid, their childhood, the past,the present and the future through well-balanced flashes.

A slow read. An ok read.

/by nini

[Ig-88 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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