Sven Nilsson has been a friend of Andy’s Corner since we opened and it was a real pleasure to welcome him and his friends and family to the store last week to celebrate the release of his autobiography, Solfläckar, or Sunspots. Sven grew up and went to school nearby in a much poorer and smaller Malmö and served as city librarian for many years as he took on the powers-that-be over the planning and, most significantly, the location of the new library, not far from the shop. In his book he generously shares memories of both his public and private lives and concludes with a few pages of short self characterizations that are almost a book of prose poetry in themselves. His life story is in many ways the story of Malmö and makes for fascinating reading. Here he is reading from his book as his childhood friend, Jan Mark looks on.
AndrewJamison 