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Åke Edwardson

Forfatter af Sol og skygge

47+ Works 4,503 Members 139 Reviews 8 Favorited

Om forfatteren

Åke Edwardson was born in Småland, Sweden on March 10, 1953. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a journalist, a lecturer in journalism at Gothenburg University, and press officer for the United Nations. He writes the Chief Inspector Erik Winter series. He has won numerous awards including vis mere the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award three times. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier

Værker af Åke Edwardson

Sol og skygge (1999) 622 eksemplarer
Dans med en engel (1997) 582 eksemplarer
Lad det aldrig holde op (2006) 535 eksemplarer
Himlen er et sted på jorden (2001) 491 eksemplarer
Råb på lang afstand (1998) 462 eksemplarer
Værelse nummer 10 (2005) 345 eksemplarer
Sejl af sten (2002) 306 eksemplarer
Et yndigt land : kriminalroman (2006) 188 eksemplarer
Næsten død mand : kriminalroman (2007) 180 eksemplarer
Den sidste vinter : kriminalroman (2008) 164 eksemplarer
To All Who Have Died (1995) 102 eksemplarer
Ikke se, ikke høre, ikke tale (1996) 95 eksemplarer
Huset ved verdens ende (2012) 70 eksemplarer
Winterland (2003) 60 eksemplarer
Jukebox (2003) 56 eksemplarer
Marconipark (2013) 53 eksemplarer
Samurai Summer (2005) 45 eksemplarer
Möt mig i Estepona (2013) 33 eksemplarer
Gennemrejse (1999) 32 eksemplarer
Drakmånad (2006) 20 eksemplarer
Det trettonde fallet (2021) 9 eksemplarer
Bis der Tod uns scheidet. CD (2006) 4 eksemplarer
Låt De Aldrig Ta Slut 2 eksemplarer
Bungalow (2019) 2 eksemplarer
Winterin viimeinen talvi (2013) 2 eksemplarer
Winterdunkel: Erzählungen (2017) 2 eksemplarer
Verrat (2007) 2 eksemplarer
Mord och ingen julefrid (2021) 1 eksemplar
Julklapp 1 eksemplar
Eiszeit (2005) 1 eksemplar
Edwardsson, Åke 1 eksemplar
Deckarmix (2003) 1 eksemplar
Sokis su angelu : romanas (2000) 1 eksemplar
Kommissar Winter [4 DVDs] (2014) 1 eksemplar
Inspector Winter* 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

A Darker Shade of Sweden (2013) — Bidragyder — 108 eksemplarer
The Scent of Almonds [novella] (2007) — Forfatter — 51 eksemplarer
Stockholm Noir (2016) — Bidragyder — 44 eksemplarer
Tatort Tannenbaum: Kommissare feiern Weihnachten (2012) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
En Kriminelt god jul : femten svarte julefortellinger (2006) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
De odöda : skräcknoveller (2012) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Vintermord (2011) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer

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Kanonisk navn
Edwardson, Åke
Juridisk navn
Edvardsson, Karl Åke Peter
Fødselsdato
1953
Køn
male
Nationalitet
Sweden
Fødested
Vrigstad, Sweden
Erhverv
journalist
lecturer

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Anmeldelser

Ake Edwardson evokes childhood memories of roaming in the woods, building treehouses and other twiggy-branchy contraptions, going to town for ice cream and making up tall stories of brave warriors and adventure - at least it does so in me. Clearly, not all grownups will take to Samurai Summer the way I did and this shows by cross-section sampling of other reviews. But we should keep in mind this is a story for adolescents and as such the mature reader should pass judgement.
This in mind, Samurai Summer is a masterpiece of light-hearted storytelling that may or me not be able to fascinate a post-pubescent reader but certainly should engross its pre-pubescent target group. Plot and characters are very believable, the prose is perfectly suitable for this story well-told. The isolated setting, a summer camp in Sweden run by an evil martinet of a dame conveys the escapist feeling of 12 year old Protagonist Kenny with heart and personality.
All in all, a very recommendable read and in my humble opinion also suitable for readers that have already passed that magical time and age of simplicity when ice cream, chocolate, and perhaps a wooden sword were the most glorious aspirations life had to offer.
… (mere)
 
Markeret
nitrolpost | 2 andre anmeldelser | Mar 19, 2024 |
Mesmerizing was a good descriptor. I'm not even sure if I liked the story, but the writing... mesmerizing.
 
Markeret
Kiramke | 13 andre anmeldelser | Jun 27, 2023 |
There's maybe something wrong about enjoying dark frozen murder stories in the middle of Wisconsin winter, but whatever.
 
Markeret
Kiramke | 16 andre anmeldelser | Jun 27, 2023 |
The more of this series I read, the more I appreciate his writing, especially on thought process.
 
Markeret
Kiramke | 14 andre anmeldelser | Jun 27, 2023 |

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Værker
47
Also by
7
Medlemmer
4,503
Popularitet
#5,566
Vurdering
½ 3.4
Anmeldelser
139
ISBN
517
Sprog
15
Udvalgt
8

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