Details:
- author: Lina Wolff
- full title: Many People Die Like You
- narrator: Montserrat Lombard
- genre: short stories, literary fiction, humor
- topics: #spain, #loveaffairs, #marriage, #infidelity
- publisher: Saga Egmont Audio
- publish date: 16 Mar 2023
- timing: 5:43:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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Stories
- No Man’s Land
- Maurice Echegaray
- Many People Die Like You
- Circe
- Odette Klockare
- And by the Elevator Hung a Key
- When She Talks About the Patriarchy
- Veronica
- Misery Porn
- A Chronicle of Fidelity Unforetold
- Nothing Has Changed
- Imagine a Living Tree
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- The Year of the Pig
My Thoughts:
Many People Die Like You is a collection of short stories. My guess is they are different from the ones you usually read. They are sometimes quite weird but still entertaining. Although many stories are mundane, some are a bit surreal. They also contain a touch of dark humor and satire.Weird situations appear constantly. A wife hires a detective to prove her husband's infidelity and complains about the report. She wanted just text, no photos. The wife's lover one day knocks on the door and wants a place to sleep because he has nowhere else to go. A woman cries in front of the web camera and tries to attract more followers.
Spain’s setting and quirkiness gave me Pedro Almodovar vibes. I love his movies, so I enjoyed these stories, too. And Lina Wolff is an author I will keep in my mind.
About the Author:
Lina Wolff is a Swede who has lived and worked in Italy and Spain. During her years in Valencia and Madrid, she began to write her short story collection Many People Die Like You. Her novel, Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs, was awarded the prestigious Vi magazine literature prize, given to writers to watch out for, and was shortlisted for the 2013 Swedish Radio award for Best Novel of the Year. She now lives with her family in Sweden.
