Systrarna

Jonas Hassen Khemiri
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Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger. Ina meets her future husband when her sisters drag her to a New Year’s rave, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn drifts through life before embarking on a wild career as an actor. And Anastasia runs off to Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years later, will transform her life. Following the sisters from afar is Jonas, the son of a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father. Over the course of three decades, his life intersects with the sisters, from a chance encounter in Tunis to the scene of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn disappears on a trip to New York, Jonas manages to track her down—and helps her to break the curse that has been looming over the Mikkolas for decades. In the process, a shocking revelation changes everything about who they think they are.
Genres: FictionSwedish LiteratureLiterary FictionContemporaryFamilySwedenBook ClubNovelsScandinavian LiteratureRoman
722 Pages

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