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Carina Burman
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 26 years ago
I don't think this novel is available in anything but the original Swedish; which is a shame, since it's definitely one of the best academic puzzles I've come across. The overt story is about a female Swedish researcher in the early part of the last century, who is following the trail of a historica...
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Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 26 years ago
At least half the people I know who have done a PhD hated the experience, and regard it in retrospect as one of the most horrible episodes in their life. It's very easy to commit, and then realise too late that you've undertaken to spend several of your best years writing something that no one, incl...
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 27 years ago
This is a rather nice academic novel in Swedish, set in Cambridge, England and loosely structured after Alice through the Looking Glass. The Alice character is a Swedish au pair. Since I'm a Lewis Carroll enthusiast who's lived for years in Cambridge, speaks Swedish, and has employed several Swedish...
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