Svinalängorna (novel)

Svinalängorna (lit. The Swine Rows) is the debut novel by Swedish author Susanna Alakoski, published in 2006.

Set in Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s, the novel is about a Finnish immigrant family struggling with alcoholism.

The novel has sold over 400,000 copies in Sweden.Beyond , Hepp Films, retrieved 13 December 2014 It won the August Prize in 2006. A film adaptation, Beyond, directed by Pernilla August, was released in 2010.

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