ECHOES OF HOME

EN DAG SKA VI ÅTERVÄNDA – ECHOES OF HOME

By Carina Bergfeldt

THE YEAR IS 1790. Four people are taken to the small Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélemy – Sweden’s slave colony. A place none of them chose.

AXEL BANÉR IS sent on behalf of King Gustav III to serve the kingdom. Together with his wife Milda and their children, he begins the journey to a place where different laws apply.

IN THE ASHANTI EMPIRE, the young couple Yaa and Kwame dream of a future together. But during their wedding ceremony, the village is attacked by slave traders. In chains, they are taken across the ocean to a life in captivity.

UNDER THE SWEDISH FLAG, four destinies are intertwined in a story of power, freedom and identity. Carina Bergfeldt depicts, with the same intensity as in her reportage, a part of Swedish history that has long been silenced: our role in the transatlantic slave trade. The result is a poignant novel that combines vivid character portraits with historical precision.

ECHOES OF HOME is the first part of an epic two-book series that highlights a history Sweden has never wanted to see before – and makes it impossible to forget.