Nathan Larson

Carl-Michael Edenborg

"Stockholm Noir "joins "Copenhagen Noir "and "Helsinki Noir "in powerfully representing the Akashic Noir Series in Scandinavia.

Stockholm Noir

Literary Nonfiction. "Edenborg's manifesto shines brightly within a constellation that includes Bosch's garden, Spinoza's philosophy of immanence, Bataille's essays, Duchamp's artworks, Ballard's Crash, and Acker's mash-ups. Sexuality in the realm of parapornography is not a place of humanist truths and psychological meaning (a vision of sexuality that dovetails all-too-neatly with the neo-liberal vision of the atomized, rationalist self) but rather an event that destroys 'meaning and identity through a mechanical repetition.' What I like best about Edenborg's brilliant and provocative book is that it brings into play, in an almost Blakean manner, so many seeming contraries: it's both anti-utopian and thoroughly communistic, proletarian and ethereal, a paean to hate and shame and yet an argument for the revolutionary (and anti-social) possibilities of love, a nuanced historical overview of sexual imagery and also a glimpse into a future that seems only pulse-beats away." James Pate"

The Parapornographic Manifesto

Named a Pick of the Week for the week of February 29th by Publishers Weekly "Grouped under three headings, the 13 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic's noir series capture the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that devours your soul." --Publishers Weekly, Starred review "Coedited by local authors Larson and Edenborg, this superb sampling of Swedish crime writing talent, some of whose work has been translated into English for the first time here, will be appreciated by fans of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy and Jens Lapidus's Easy Money; they will enjoy getting to know these authors, who write about Stockholm's dark side." --Library Journal "Akashic's multivolume Noir series returns to Scandinavia, focusing this time on the capital city of Sweden, a country that is famously neutral in time of war but is also a large-scale dealer in arms....Another worthy entry in this globe-trotting mystery series." --Booklist "Larson and Edenborg manage to unearth a dark side to a city that is verdant, clean, and surrounded by crystalline water....Stockholm may not be Marseille, but Larson and Edenborg's contributors show that even a verdant place with socialized medicine can have its seamy side." --Kirkus Reviews "The series offers the best of bite-sized crime stories from all over the world--you can't go wrong!" --Book Riot "On the heels of editions set in Copenhagen and Helsinki comes Stockholm Noir, edited by Nathan Larson and Carl-Michael Edenborg with a predictably discerning eye for stories that wring suspense, violence, and worry from social and political issues percolating in a given milieu." --Village Voice Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories by: Unni Drougge, Inger Edelfeldt, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Åke Edwardson, Torbjörn Elensky, Inger Frimansson, Carl Johan De Geer, Martin Holmén, Nathan Larson, Malte Persson, Anna-Karin Selberg, Johan Theorin, and Lina Wolff. From the introduction by Nathan Larson & Carl-Michael Edenborg: "To the tourist, the city of Stockholm appears a shimmering dream. Laid out on a series of islands, it is verdant, clean, and surrounded by crystalline water. On paper, Stockholm is paradise. And in some respects, it truly is. But in most respects, it is anything but... In Stockholm Noir, the city is presented as a gaping maw ready to devour your soul should you wander down the wrong alley...Everywhere is noir. Even, and especially, in a paradise like Sweden, where the citizen is given every tool to go out and become a great success but is paradoxically held to an almost subliminal expectation to fall in line...and never shine so brightly that you disturb your neighbor... In this anthology it's our aim to showcase the darker, grittier, more intense world of Swedish noir fiction. Here the dangers lurking beneath the IKEA lifestyle are given free rein, and words are given to the ambivalence and despair of a model society."

Rebis Aurora Drakenstierna föds som den sista i en släkt av alkemister i slutet på 1700-talet. Hon växer upp på gården Hermestorp, där den ständiga röken från athanoren färgar himlen svart. När fadern dör lämnas Rebis ensam med en ofattbar hemlighet: hon är utvald att slut föra ett uppdrag som rör hela mänskligheten. Hon ska förinta universum. Rebis sökande efter släktens hemlighet tar henne ut i Europa och redan från början står det klart att hon motarbetas av dunkla krafter. Resan går till Berlin, via Marstrand och Paris smutsiga hamnar och bordeller. Där möter hon släktens avfälling Andreas, men kan hon lita på honom? Alkemistens dotter bär hela världen på sina axlar och för den utvalda finns ingen plats för tvivel. Carl-Michael Edenborg är tillbaka med en sprakande äventyrsberättelse om alkemi, en märkligt modern historisk roman om blind tro, bomber, och kärlekens makt.

Alkemistens dotter

Världens största barockkompositör! Nu kommer den ocensurerade versionen av Georg Friedrich Händels liv. Han sågs som tidens största kompositör, men uppfattades som fet, ful, snål och lynnig. I London drev han egna operahus och umgicks med kungligheter och intellektuella. Carl-Michael Edenborgs historiska fantasi låter outsidern Händel själv tala. Det är en berättelse om narcissism och konstnärskap, om sex, övergrepp, kärlek och längtan. Händel pendlar mellan känslor av värdelöshet och överlägsenhet. Och i ett etui i hans ficka bränner minnet av fulländning och oskuld, av mötet med en vacker napolitansk gosse. Barockens storstadsliv var smutsigt och rått, livsstilen rusig och vild. Mot denna mörka fond klingar Händels arior som en spröd längtan efter renhet och kärlek.

Carl-Michael Edenborg

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