I first saw this book at Foyles in London, when it first came out in the UK, and there was a big pile of signed copies. I ummed and ahed, but didn't buy it. I then saw it in Waterstones in Norwich when it was in their half price hardback sale, and got a copy more recently.
Osebol is a village in Sweden. It is in the Värmland province of Sweden.
There is a map showing its location in the front of the book, as well as the homes of the residents.
The author spoke to 'almost all' the residents of the village and interviewed them about their lives and uncovered their stories and family histories and
I wanted to find out more about the book as it seems to connect very much with my theme of Everyday Geographies. These are simple stories of the residents of a village in northern Sweden. Their everday realities and relationships are captured.
These are ordinary people.It stands with its back to the broad, beautiful Klarälven (clear river) and is surrounded by pine forests. Its population has shrunk to 40 and most of those who remain are middle aged or old. It is the kind of forgotten place that can be found all over the region. With its modest, red-painted wooden houses, logs stacked under the eaves against the cold dark that is always coming, its mosquitoes in the summer, mud in November and its long, unforgiving winters, it is an unlikely subject for a bestseller.Osebol google map
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