Akashic Noir: Stockholm Noir (Paperback)

from SUS456

In this clever and thought provoking selection of short stories one is sure to find the dark side of Stockholm. Normally, when I think of Sweden I think of something modern, light, airy and beautiful but, this collection shows that there is another side altogether. It's dark, shadowy, gritty and ...

from ralphcoviello

Stockholm Noir edited by Nathan Larson and Carl-Michael Edenborg a recent addition to the globally minded Akashic Noir Series this collection features 13 gripping stories exhuming the darker aspects underlying Sweden's capital city. Each tale is set in a different Stockholm neighborhood or outlyi...

from artlib14

The short stories in Stockholm Noir are organized into three sections with themes of Crime and Punishment, Fear and Darkness, and The Brutality of Beasts. Each part offers four or five stories by leading Swedish authors. The book begins with a good introduction by the editors, illuminating the re...

from bayleaf

One of the many things I like about the Akashic noir series is the introduction. Nathan Larson and Carl-Michael Edenborg do an excellent job laying the groundwork for the stories included in Stockholm Noir and provide a good definition of noir fiction. The stories in this compilation are good qua...

from ozzer

There is an old joke that says, "Swedes are only happy when they are depressed." The stories in this anthology are testaments to that belief. In his introduction, Larson emphasizes that most tourists see Stockholm as a "shimmering dream" and refugees see it as a well-run and welcoming social demo...