And the Walls Became the World All Around
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When the celebrated Swedish writer Johanna Ekström 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 Ekström. The result is a memoir of exceptional depth and intensity, published to critical acclaim in Sweden in 2023.
The work showcases Ekström'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.
JOHANNA EKSTRÖM (1970-2022) made her debut aged twenty-two with the poetry collection Skiffer, followed by thirteen books in a variety of genres, amongst them the celebrated memoirs Om man håller sig i solen (2012) and Meningarna (2020).
SIGRID RAUSING is the publisher of Granta magazine and Granta Books. She is the author of three previous books, including Mayhem (2017).