Is it possible to connect Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Greta Thunberg, Linnaeus, Pippi Longstocking and Lisbeth Salander with a single line that crosses centuries?
Made in Sweden is a real “national lexicon”, a beautiful historical essay, a sharp social analysis and a personal story at the same time. These are words by Italian critics following the launch of made in Sweden in Italy! Congratulations Elisabeth Åsbrink!
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“Made in Sweden is an exercise in precision on identity built from words and transformed into ideas, but it is also a warning: know your thoughts, your light and your shadows. Know your contradictions and know your lies: know your story.” – Tuttolibri La Stampa
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“Made in Sweden is a great book that challenges political correctness by telling a true and complex Sweden, far from clichés and postcard portrait.” Il Venerdì – La Repubblica
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“The author has a lot of fun putting in line and then, sometimes, debunking myths that might seem indisputable and that have made Scandinavian society and lifestyle the most desirable and evolved in the world.” – Repubblica.it
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“Is it possible to connect Gustavo I Vasa and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Linnaeus and Greta Thunberg, Pippi Longstocking and Lisbeth Salander with a single line that crosses centuries, to bring out a single picture that makes sense? Made in Sweden is a real “national lexicon” capable of telling the story of a country through characters and clichés” – Il Manifesto
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“Made in Sweden is a beautiful historical essay, a sharp social analysis and a personal story at the same time.” – La Stampa
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