DITT NYA STJÄRNTECKEN – YOUR NEW ZODIAC SIGN
By Jonas Karlsson
IN JONAS KARLSSON’S short story collection Your New Zodiac Sign, we meet, among many others, a recently separated man who one day suddenly starts receiving imperative messages from the spines of books in his flat; work colleagues whose roles in the group change during a joint cottage holiday; and a man who discovers that the public emergency alarm has changed key. And then we get to read about a lost hat at Härnösand train station.
WITH HIS USUAL combination of humour and seriousness, Jonas Karlsson writes about human shortcomings. About individuals and existences at odds with themselves. If it’s not their self-image, it’s their surroundings that mess things up. Or their fixed ideas.
ABOUT THE BOOK
To be published by Wahlström & Widstrand, Sweden 2026
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Sweden, Wahlström & Widstrand
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Karlsson’s unique ability to create grand humour from everyday flaws and setbacks works particularly well in short story form. Combined with serious elements and relatable drama, Your New Zodiac Sign is a string of well-composed short stories, where both characters and destinies linger long in the reader’s mind. 5/5
– BTJ
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