And the Walls Became the World All Around

Author: Ekstrom, Johanna

Memoirs

Published on 7 November 2024 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 336 pages
223 x 143 x 32 | 442g

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.