Osebol
2019 novel by Marit Kapla
Author | Marit Kapla |
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Language | Swedish |
Set in | Osebol, a village in Värmland County |
Published | April 25, 2019 |
Publisher | Teg Publishing |
Publication place | Sweden |
Pages | 812 |
Awards | August Prize (2019) |
Osebol is a 2019 debut novel by Swedish writer Marit Kapla. It won the 2019 August Prize for Fiction.[1]
The book focuses on a village called Osebol in Värmland County. It features a series of interviews with local residents who describe their lives from the past to the present. According to Kapla, the book is not political but rather existential, aiming simply in preserving a document about a village and its inhabitants.[2]
The book was translated to English by Peter Graves and released by Allen Lane in 2021 under the title Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village.[3]
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August Prize for Best Fiction
- 1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist
- 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin
- 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc
- 1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström
- 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman
- 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid
- 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren
- 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer
- 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson
- 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström
- 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist
- 2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi
- 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt
- 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren
- 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman
- 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson
- 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm
- 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski
- 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark
- 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist
- 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg
- 2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen
- 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed
- 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg
- 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson
- 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg
- 2015: Allt jag inte minns – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2016: De polyglotta älskarna – Lina Wolff
- 2017: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar – Johannes Anyuru
- 2018: Ædnan – Linnea Axelsson
- 2019: Osebol – Marit Kapla
- 2020: Samlade verk – Lydia Sandgren
- 2021: Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath – Elin Cullhed
- 2022: Detaljerna – Ia Genberg