Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about
I think that all of Hans Alfredsons books are sadly neglected, especially by my generation. Hans Alfredson is a pretty famous man in Sweden, especially for his collaborations with Tage Danielsson who was even more famous, for writing books, being an actor & a comedian (along with Hans, Hasse & Tage) among other things. I’m in Hans Alfredsons fanclub on Facebook because he only has 18 fans and Tage Danielsson has 17.000! This is a shame since Hans Alfredson rules at least as much, very possibly even more!!!

My favourite book by Hans Alfredson is called Tiden är Ingenting (Which means Time is Nothing, but it has never been translated into english, sadly. And on boktipset.se it has only been reviewed by 5 people…CRAZY!) which is a humorous and sad story about the family Brosse’s destinies during a century and a half, it chronicles the social changes in Sweden in that time while it never stops being hilariously funny and very sad. And coming in second is Attentatet i Pålsjö skog, which is a story about what could have happened if Germany had actually invaded Sweden during the 2nd world war which is a very relevant read.

Grässtråets barn, så lika sin fader,

Växa och dö i oändliga rader;

Morgon blir afton i evig ring.

Tiden är ingenting.

-F.M. Franzén