Therese Bohman Andromeda review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de Zweedse roman. Op 14 januari 2025 verschijnt bij Other Press de Engelse vertaling van de roman Andromeda van de uit Zweden afkomstige schrijvers Therese Bohman. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.
Therese Bohman Andromeda review, recensie en informatie
- “Elegant and captivating, Andromeda plumbs the depths of the tantalizingly ambiguous relationship between college-aged Sofie and her middle-aged boss, Gunnar. Both characters (understandably) deride the overused phrase ‘balance of power,’ and yet the novel does indeed offer a fresh and provocative subversion of that familiar narrative—it was thrilling to watch their electric, profound connection unfold. As their worldviews intertwine, the novel delves into the ways literature shapes our lives, our desires and disappointments. I inhaled this book and will be thinking about it for a while.” (Caitlin Barasch)
- “A beautifully written book about a publishing company undergoing massive changes, a questionable and yet somehow aching relationship between an intern and her boss, nostalgia, the feeling of being left behind, and the ideals we cling to when everything is falling apart around us…a breath of fresh air in the literary world.” (Booklist)
Andromeda
- Auteur: Therese Bohman (Zweden)
- Soort boek: Zweedse roman
- Origineel: Andromeda (2022)
- Engelse vertaling: Marlene Delargy
- Uitgever: Other Press
- Verschijnt: 14 januari 2025
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van de roman van Therese Bohman
Working her way up at a storied Stockholm publisher, a young woman develops an ambiguous, shifting relationship with her boss, in this shrewd novel about the tension between tradition and modernity, and expectations and reality.
The publishing house is anchored like a ship along Stockholm’s main street, a large, bright building with an impressive rooftop terrace. The facade is a grid of wood and granite; flags with a cursive R sway in the wind. R as in Rydéns.
A young woman starts as an intern at this venerated institution, and over many years gains more and more responsibility for its authors and books. All under the supervision of Gunnar, publishing director of the most prestigious imprint behind the finest literature, Andromeda.
Over time their work relationship transforms into something neither of them can truly define. Perhaps built on mutual trust? Or is it something else?
Therese Bohman was born on 21 August 1978 in Krokek, Sweden and grew up outside of Norrköping and now lives in Stockholm. Her debut novel, Drowned, in het Nederlands vertaald als Verdronken, received critical acclaim both in Sweden and internationally, and was selected as an Oprah Winfrey Summer Read. Her second novel, The Other Woman, was short-listed for the Nordic Council Prize and Swedish Radio’s Fiction Prize, while her third novel, Eventide, was short-listed for Sweden’s most prestigious literary award, the August Prize. Bohman is an arts journalist who regularly contributes to one of Sweden’s largest newspapers, Expressen.