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The Profiles' Summer Reading: "Painfully Beautiful"22 Jul

The Profiles' Summer Reading: "Painfully Beautiful"

Short story collections, thrillers, and a novel suite – now some Swedish profiles share what they read this summer. I read a short story a day, that's what my "attention span" can handle on vacation, says author Denise Rudberg.

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Pressured Västanå lets Selma question the present18 Jun

Pressured Västanå lets Selma question the present

Economically pressured Västanå Theatre is betting on "Herr Arne's Treasure" this summer. The theatre is making contemporary connections to Selma Lagerlöf's tale, which unfolds in a violent Marstrand where people lack faith in the future.

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Édouard Louis proposed for the school's new reading list4 Jun

Édouard Louis proposed for the school's new reading list

French author Édouard Louis's autobiographical novel "Envy: A Novel" is included on a first-reading list for high school. So is "Theft" by Ann-Helén Laestadius.

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