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Magic and myth inhabit these chapters in figures both familiar and strange. Giant trolls and talking animals are everywhere. The winds take human form. A one-eyed old woman might seem reminiscent of the Norse god Odin. We meet sly aunts, resourceful princesses, and devious robbers. These stories, set in Norway's majestic landscape of towering mountains and dense forests, are filled with humor, mischief, and sometimes surprisingly cruel twists of fate. All are rendered in the deceptively simple narrative style perfected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world keeps turning and life carries on as usual: teenaged love stories, marital collapses, identity crises and revolts against hopeless parents continue to play out. Through four inter-connected perspectives, Jens Liljestrand chronicles how the struggles of ordinary people go on even as the world as we know it is coming to an end.

"Under hösten 2016 drog en självmordsvåg genom Stockholms undre värld." Så inleds John Ajvide Lindqvists roman "X : Den sista platsen", den avslutande delen i trilogin som inleddes med "Himmelstrand" och "Rörelsen". En gång var kriminaljournalisten Tommy T hela Sveriges älskling, men på senare år har hans stjärna dalat. Undersökningen av självmorden ska bli hans upprättelse. Tillsammans med sin hund Hagge nosar han sig djupare in i mysteriet kring den undflyende gestalten "X" som tycks ligga bakom allting. Spåren leder till ett enormt parti kokain samt till ett oändligt fält med kortklippt gräs och en himmel utan sol.