Birgitta Trotzig was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry.
Verdict: messy, loud, and weirdly lovable. What worked: Ur de älskandes liv has real personality, and Birgitta Trotzig never plays it safe. What didn't: a couple of subplots go nowhere. Recommend for readers who like a book with an attitude, skip if you want everything neat.