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Kartritarna
Per Olov Enquists första bok efter "Kapten Nemos bibliotek" är en personlig essä i tio kapitel, eller tio avsnitt ur en oavslutad livsroman som slutar med en pojke på ett köksgolv och hans karttecken. En bok om tillhörighet, om Sverige inför utopins avveckling, om Europa efter regnet, om idrott, om en dansk frihetskämpes inre drama under Gestapoförhöret. Och, i ett stort kapitel, en skildring av ett svenskt vintermord: ett försök att utforska den svenska självsynens förvandling efter mordet på Olof Palme.
"Kartritarna" förverkligar, i en annan och överraskande form, romaner och skådespel som planerades, men aldrig blev skrivna.
"Kartritarna" förverkligar, i en annan och överraskande form, romaner och skådespel som planerades, men aldrig blev skrivna.
300 pages, Hardcover
First published September 28, 1992
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About the author
Per Olov Enquist
82 books173 followersPer Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist was one of Sweden's internationally best known authors. He has worked as a journalist, playwright, and novelist. In the nineties, he gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician.
After a degree in History of literature at Uppsala University he worked as a newspaper columnist and TV debate moderator from 1965 to 1976. Because of his work he soon became an influential figure on the Swedish literary scene. From 1970 to 1971 Enquist lived in Berlin on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and in 1973 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been working as an independent writer since 1977.
Enquist's works are characterized by a chronic pessimistic view of the world. They always describe the restrictions imposed by the pietistical way of living, especially in March of the Musicians (1978) and Lewi's Journey (2001). He gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician (1999) where he tells the story of Struensee, the personal physician of the Danish King Christian VII. Many of Enquist's works have been translated into English by Tiina Nunnally.
After a degree in History of literature at Uppsala University he worked as a newspaper columnist and TV debate moderator from 1965 to 1976. Because of his work he soon became an influential figure on the Swedish literary scene. From 1970 to 1971 Enquist lived in Berlin on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and in 1973 he was a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been working as an independent writer since 1977.
Enquist's works are characterized by a chronic pessimistic view of the world. They always describe the restrictions imposed by the pietistical way of living, especially in March of the Musicians (1978) and Lewi's Journey (2001). He gained international recognition with his novel The Visit of The Royal Physician (1999) where he tells the story of Struensee, the personal physician of the Danish King Christian VII. Many of Enquist's works have been translated into English by Tiina Nunnally.
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December 19, 2025
PO Enquist är verkligen dålig som essäist; jag tycker att han tappar både språk och förmåga att på ett begripligt sätt föra fram det han vill ha sagt. Åtminstone när han förflyttar skeendet bort från Västerbotten. Denna samlings sista text, tillika bokens titelessä, utspelar sig på hemmaplan och då är känslan av läsfest såklart total.
March 18, 2022
Utopin sveriges fall, strindberg, palme, idrott. Stundtals briljant, stundtals luddigt upptagen av historiska och politiska skeendet som för längesedan försvunnit in i det kollektiva minnets dimma. Men stundtals briljant.
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