ASTRID & VERONIKA
Veronika, a woman in her early thirties, rents a house in the Swedish countryside during the winter to complete a novel. The snowy landscape is stark and often icy. She befriends Astrid, a reclusive old woman who lives nearby.

With the strange Swedish environment always a presence, Olsson leads us through the flowering of an unusual and tender friendship between Veronika and Astrid as, slowly and carefully, they tell each other their life histories. The novel moves back and forth in time, the seasons slowly unfolding around it.

(Also titled LET ME SING YOU GENTLE SONGS.)

Rights Sold
China (Simple) - Shanghai Wangu Culture & Art Company
Czech Republic - Metafora
Denmark - Forlaget Aronsen
Finland - Gummerus
Japan - Random House Kodansha
Korea - Joongang Books
Netherlands - Uitgeverij Archipel
Norway - Vigmostad & Bjorke
Poland - Gruner & Jahr
Serbia - Okean Publishing
Spain - Salamandra
Sweden - Albert Bonniers
Thailand - Advance Publishing
Lithuania - Svajoniu
New Zealand - Penguin
North America - Penguin
U.K. & Commonwealth - Penguin