Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
Death is never very pretty. - Maj Sjowall
Death is never very pretty.
- Maj Sjowall
We wanted to describe society from our left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people … - Maj Sjowall
We wanted to describe society from our left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people …
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had… - Maj Sjowall
Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had…
People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets. - Maj Sjowall
People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house. - Maj Sjowall
When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness. - Maj Sjowall
Yes, think what a lot of nonsense one can figure out with plenty of time. Brooding is the mother of ineffectiveness.
You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild… - Maj Sjowall
You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild…
We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent. - Maj Sjowall
We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels. - Maj Sjowall
I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spend time reading bad crime novels.
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