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A Bit Like George Saunders
O says that what I write reminds him of George Saunders and hands me a book that I lug with me across the country on my backpack tour. I don’t dare read more than a little, because…
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The Text Beneath the Dust
It might be a Thursday. Four men from The Literary Magazine break into the flat to remark on your cleaning. At first you are taken aback, but then you understand. You reply: You see, I don’t create the text, I merely remove what lies on top of it. The men make thoughtful notes, ask: So you scrape away a white film from pages that have already been printed?
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Olov on the Line
They had stopped calling, those bloody telesales people. So I rang a missed number, ended up speaking to an Olov. He was tired of the job, didn’t even subscribe to any newspaper…
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How To Make a Friend
The English Google search that is most characteristic of Sweden is: “how to make a friend”. This may come as a surprise to most people, but not to you, who are new to the country…