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Pappersväggar : tio berättelser (2006)

by John Ajvide Lindqvist

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    Samlade svenska kulter by Anders Fager (Jannes)
    Jannes: Mer folkhemsskräck i novellform.
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En del av novellerna var verkligen underbart obehagliga... men resten höll inte helt måttet. ( )
  autisticluke | Nov 14, 2019 |
One of my favorite writers is John Ajvide Lindqvist, a Swedish writer of horror that takes familiar images and writes very original stories. His most famous work is ‘Let the Right One In’ about a lonely vampire girl. ‘Handling the Undead’ about the reaction to loved ones returning from the dead as zombies is another good one. As I don’t read Swedish I always have to wait for translations of his work to become available. I have two in English, one in Dutch, and when I saw this one, a collection of stories in German I just had to have it.
I read German reasonably well. I can say I got the gist of the stories but do want this collection at a later date in Dutch or English. The stories were great, dealing with trolls, curses, (beating) death and the finale was a follow-up novella to Handling the Undead. Great stories in true Lindqvist style. ( )
  divinenanny | Dec 11, 2010 |
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Skräcken behöver inte jämkas in med stämjärn och motorsåg, något är redan kajko i den alltför vanliga svenska verkligheten och eventuella monster belyser bara det
 
Därför är det med besvikelse jag lägger ifrån mig aktuella Pappersväggar efter avslutad läsning. Inte främst för att den är oläsbar utan snarast för att den är onödig. Anslaget bådar dock, åtminstone delvis, gott.
 
Han har det där säkra örat för trovärdig dialog, det skarpa ögat för detaljen - hur den handikappades ytterdörr är repad av rullstolen, hur "Gröna Konsum" slår in kålrötterna i plastfolie - och förmågan att gestalta snabbt, nyanserat och effektivt. Han har, inbillar jag mig, förmånen att arbeta inom en genre som gör det nödvändigt för hans berättelser att, trots sin komplexitet, röra sig snabbt och målmedvetet framåt.
 
Traditionella skräckskildringar rör sig i en normal värld med ett väl avgränsat monster som slutligen besegras. Men John Ajvide Lindqvists dystopier påminner mer om gotikens skuggtillstånd där allt förblir osäkert.
 
I novellformat blir Ajvide Lindqvist mer programmatisk och hans största talang, nämligen förmågan att teckna trovärdiga, fördjupade karaktärer, utnyttjas inte till fullo. Skräckmomenten blir dessutom mindre skräckinjagande då de varieras och tas om gång på gång.
 
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Zwischen den Räumen gibt es Räume, die größer sind als die Räume. Sie zählen nicht für uns, da wir uns in ihnen nicht aufhalten können. Auf den Fußwegen zwischen den Parkplätzen begegnen wir unserer Zukunft. Lieben, streiten, geraten in Vergessenheit und sterben. Ohne zu merken, wann es passiert. Die Membranen, die uns vom Wahnsinn, vom Absturz, von den Monstern trennen, sind so dünn. Nur Pappwände.
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Für meine Mutter, Anne-Marie Lindqvist.
In Erinnerung an meine Großmutter Maj Wahlqvist.
Liebe und Kraft.
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Schon als der Mann im Ausgang auftauchte, wusste Tina, dass er etwas zu verbergen hatte.
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