Samlade verk (lit. Collected Works) is a 2020 debut novel by Swedish writer Lydia Sandgren (born 1987). It won the August Prize for Fiction on the same year it was published.[1]

Samlade verk
(Collected Works)
First edition
AuthorLydia Sandgren
Cover artistHeike Schüssler
LanguageSwedish
Set inGothenburg, Sweden
Published2020
PublisherAlbert Bonniers Förlag
Publication placeSweden
Pages690
AwardsAugust Prize (2020)

Synopsis

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Set in Gothenburg, Gustav Becker, a distinguished artist, is being prepared for a major retrospective in his career from the 1980s onwards. At the same time, a psychology student Rachel changes and meets her mysteriously missing mother's face on an exhibition poster that is wallpapered across town. In the same vein, Rachel's father, the publisher Martin Berg, is thrown into a dizzying life crisis.

References

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  1. ^ "Samlade verk". Augustpriset. Retrieved 9 January 2021.