Writer Jonas Gardell: 'I slept with death'.

by A Quattro Mani
31 August 201529 March 2022
15 min read
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Met het voltooien van de trilogie Een verhaal van liefde, ziekte en dood, over de aidscrisis in de jaren tachtig, viel er voor de Zweedse schrijver Jonas Gardell een zware last van zijn hart. Als een van de weinigen van zijn vriendenkring ontsprong hij de dans des doods. Puur geluk, zegt hij. ‘Ik sliep met de dood.’ Ook het laatste deel, De dood, is nu in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen.
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Photographer Marc Brester and journalist Vivian de Gier can read and write with each other - literally. As partners in crime, they travel the world for various media, for reviews of the finest literature and personal interviews with the writers who matter. Ahead of the troops and beyond the delusion of the day.View Author posts

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