My brother
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My brother
A raw family drama full of passion and tension. Swedish literary sensation.
Jana Kippo returns to her family farm in the north of Sweden. She once ran away after her brother attacked her father with a shovel. My brother is now drinking himself to death and my mother is languishing in a nursing home after a stroke. A visit to Jana brings back memories of a violent childhood, yet she decides to stay to try to come to terms with her past. But the harsh reality of the countryside, where alcohol has ruled families for generations and no one cares what goes on behind closed doors, will be a cruel opponent. But the hope of forgiveness dies last. Perhaps.
Karin Smirnoff
Karin Smirnoff (* 1964) is a Swedish writer who originally worked as a journalist but then decided to change her field and bought a timber company in northern Sweden. Later she studied at the Literary Academy at Lund University and it was at this time that she began writing a trilogy with the main character, Jana Kippa, set in a village near the author's birthplace in Umeå. The very first episode of My Brother (Jag for ner till bro, 2018) became a sensation in Sweden and was nominated for the prestigious August Prize. The entire trilogy - Our Mother (Vi for upp med mor, 2019) and The Homecoming (Sen for jag hem, 2020) - is appreciated by readers and critics alike for its literary quality. A family drama about hidden traumas, struggles with addictions and the desire to belong. In the fates of the Kipps, depicted with raw tenderness and unique language, the author reveals the cruel human motives in all their painful nakedness. In 2021, it was officially announced that Karin Smirnoff would be the next author for the sequel to the bestselling Millennium series.
