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Majgull Axelsson

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Landskrona, Sweden

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Majgull Axelsson (b. 1947) is a famous Swedish journalist and writer. She grew up in Nässjö and had education in journalism.

Her first book was non-fiction, and focused on the problems of child prostitution and street children in third world, and poverty in Sweden. April Witch is her second novel, and one that was well-received in Sweden. With over 200,000 copies sold in hardcover, it landed on several bestsellers lists for months and got the most important Swedish literature award. Addressing themes of mother-daughter relationships, competition between women, and the failures of Sweden’s postwar welfare state, it is foremost a thrillingly written and fascinating story.

Axelsson lives with her husband and her two sons in Upplands Vaesby.

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Average rating: 3.68 · 656 ratings · 66 reviews · 14 distinct works

	April Witch: A Novel 3.59 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Den jag aldrig var 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Slumpvandring 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Långt Borta Från Nifelheim 3.69 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rosario is Dead 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Augustas Haus 4.00 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Is och vatten, vatten och is 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Moderspassion 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Der Gleiche Himmel: Roman by Majgull Axelsson, Christel Hildebrandt 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Noveller för världens barn 2010 by Majgull Axelsson, Hans Gunnarsson, Susanne Ringell 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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“Only the most ignorant still believe, like Saint Augustine, that time is a river. We others know it is a delta: that it branches out and seeks new routes, that it rejoins itself only to seek a thousand new courses. Some may be waterfalls, some no more than little stagnant pools passed by the tide, forever still...

This is one of those times. A pool. I sink down in it. I want to stay forever in this water.”
― Majgull Axelsson, April Witch: A Novel

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Książka na wrzesień

Dom dzienny, dom nocny | Olga Tokarczuk

7 votes 43.8%

Neuromancer | William Gibson

3 votes 18.8%

Revolutionary Road | Richard Yates

2 votes 12.5%

Ta, którą nigdy nie byłam | Majgull Axelsson

2 votes 12.5%

Kochanica Francuza | John Fowles

1 vote 6.3%

Czarownice z Eastwick | John Updike

1 vote 6.3%

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