"Love catches you like fever or bankruptcy ... no, no, fever was what had stuck to his body, no matter how hard he tried to refresh it. Love knows no laws, goes between lovers as they please. She hated him. He loved her. He loved her so much that he hated her. "Just because he existed." - excerpt, "Until the last breath", Anne Swärd.
In "Until the last breath" (original title: Till sista andetaget), written by writer Anne Swärd, part of the Swedish Academy since 2019, tells through the characters how childhood affects our lives as adults and how it can to get rid of it.
Laura Temple, of the Irish Examiner, says: "Although, at times, reading is somewhat difficult, the provocative and compelling story neatly links Losa's parents' relationship to her adolescence as she explores her mother's advice to 'beware of love', while The Independent describes it as "Psychologically insane ... Anne Swärd speaks fluently about love, betrayal and the complexes of the human heart."
The events take place in Sweden in the 70's when a 6-year-old girl meets Lukas, both children of immigrants. The writer accompanies us on a turbulent and destinationless journey, which pushes the two protagonists to fight to find that thread that connects them inextricably.
