Ekström, Johanna – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:17:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Ekström, Johanna – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 And the walls became the world all around https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/and-the-walls-became-the-world-all-around/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/and-the-walls-became-the-world-all-around/ When the celebrated Swedish writer Johanna Ekstrï ¿ ½m found out that she was dying from an eye melanoma she asked her closest friend, Sigrid Rausing, to finish her last book. Rausing transcribed and edited the thirteen handwritten notebooks left by Ekstrï ¿ ½m. The result is a memoir of exceptional depth and intensity, published to critical acclaim in Sweden in 2023.The work showcases Ekstrï ¿ ½m’s vivid imagination, writerly precision, and psychological insight, interwoven with Rausing’s spare and sober reflections. And the Walls Became the World All Around is a literary experiment, a testament to friendship, and a deep meditation on grief.

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