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“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.” quote by Maj Sjowall — Download Open image

“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.”

Maj Sjowall

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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.

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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.

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