The Book of Abba: Melancholy Undercover, by Jan Gradvall
Translated from Swedish to English for Faber & Faber, 2024
The New Yorker says:
Vignettes about events such as the genesis of “Mamma Mia!” and capsule profiles of each member—Andersson the fountain of melodies, Ulvaeus the introspective searcher, Fältskog the reluctant star, Lyngstad the tragic child with a perfect voice—are interposed with bits of chatty musical sociology, all given a pleasant breeziness in Sarah Clyne Sundberg’s translation.
Loving Others, Othering Love, by Mara Lee
Translated from Swedish to English for Praun & Guermouche
Mara Lee Gerdén, poet, professor of art, art theory, and art history at Konstfack University of Arts in Stockholm
On a Few Tropes and Emotions that Shape the Image of the Stranger
The Hideout, by Camilla Grebe
Translated from Swedish to English for Bonnier Zaffre, 2021
“Demonstrates the continuing inventiveness of Scandinavian crime fiction. […] A teenage boy is on the run from a drug dealer, […] police in Stockholm are puzzled by the discovery of the bodies of several young men washed up from the sea. […] Grebe brings them together in a plot of dazzling originality.
The Sunday Times review
Precarious Life, by Judith Butler
Translated from English to Swedish for Tankekraft förlag, 2011
The Politics of The Veil, by Joan Wallach Scott
Translated from English to Swedish for Tankekraft förlag, 2010