Nordic Fauna

Andrea Lundgren was born in 1986 and grew up in Boden, in the far north of Sweden. Her debut novel, In the Belly of Heavy Winters, was published in 2010, followed by her second novel Glupahungern in 2014. Nordic Fauna is her first short story collection, published in 2018 and shortlisted for the prestigious Svenska Dagbladet’s Literature Award 2018. This is her first work to be translated into English.

‘A magical realist universe where anything can happen and not much can be explained.’ Vi Laaser; ‘Mesmeric...These are fascinating, haunting stories that stay with the reader.’ Alex Fleming, Swedish Book Review; 'Magical realism and environmental poetry spiced with elements of horror in the spirit of Jon Ajvide Lindqvist.' göteborgs-posten

• The Bird That Cries in the Night, The Cat, How Things Come to Seem, The Father Hole, The Girlfriend, On the Nature of Angels