Dazzling, inventive, witty: a writer pieces together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial A young man called Samuel dies, but was it an accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to piece together Samuel's story. Through conversations with friends, relatives and neighbours, a portrait emerges: the loving grandchild, the reluctant bureaucrat, the loyal friend, the contrived poser. The young man who would do anything for his girlfriend Laide and share everything with his friend Vandad. Until Vandad, marginalised and broke, desperate to get closer to Samuel, drives a wedge between the friends, and Samuel loses them both. Everything I Don't Remember is an enthralling tale of love and memory. It is also the story of a writer who, in filling out the contours of Samuel's life, is trying to grasp a universal truth - in the end, how do we account for the substance of a life? 'With its energetic prose and invative structure, Everything I Don't Remember confirms that Jonas Hassen Khemiri is t only one of Sweden's best authors, but a great talent of our time' Vendela Vida, author of The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty 'Heartbreakingly sad and laugh-out-loud funny ...Khemiri's wry , sharply observed tales of post-9-11 Swedish life have a huge following. This vel's chorus of drifters, romantics and cynics stick in the memory, each competing to tell their own truth' Hari Kunzru 'A generation-defining writer' Sunday Times
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner Uk, Simon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN-10
1471155080
ISBN-13
9781471155086
eBay Product ID (ePID)
225216647
Product Key Features
Author
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Format
Trade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Height
234mm
Width
153mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Translated by
Rachel Willson-Broyles
Author Biography
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is a novelist and internationally acclaimed playwright considered to be one of the most important young writers in Sweden, where his debut novel was major bestseller and a generation-defining book. His fourth novel, Everything I Don't Remember, was awarded the August Prize, Sweden's highest literary honour, and was a Top Ten bestseller. Khemiri lives in Stockholm with his family.