Elisabeth Åsbrink

Made in Sweden

How the Swedes Are Not Nearly So Egalitarian, Tolerant, Hospitable or Cozy as They Would Like to (Have You) Think

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After decades of uncritical adoration of all things Scandinavian, the award-winning author of 1947 (an NPR Best Book of 2018) examines some harsher Swedish realities and explores the roots of nationalism, racism, eugenics, Lebensraum, and xenophobia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 134mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 243g
• ISBN-13: 9781947534841
• ISBN-10: 194753484X
• Artikelnr.: 55405131

Autorenporträt

Elisabeth Åsbrink is a journalist and author. Her parents were Hungarian and English, and she was born and raised in, and now lives in, Sweden. Her book And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain received worldwide attention for revealing new information about IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad's ties to Nazism. It won several awards, including the August Prize for Best Swedish Non-Fiction Book of the Year (2011). Her most recent book, 1947, won the prestigious Letterstedt Prize, was translated into 19 languages, and published in the USA in 2018 by Other Press.