Let the Right One In

A Novel

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John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ebba Segerberg: Let the Right One In (2008, St. Martin's Press)

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2008ko aza. 7a(e)an St. Martin's Press(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:
978-1-4299-2446-7
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Like many of us, I had watched the highly acclaimed Swedish 2008 film and ignored Hollywood’s perplexing attempt to make a westernised version but, despite having the John Lindqvist book on my shelves for the past decade, and never quite got round to reading the original. Which is a pity, as the novel is a real treat and goes deeper and further than the film.

The first thing that strikes me about Lindqvist’s novel is its clear sense of space and location. This is a story that, in many ways, is first and foremost about a specific place and time in a particularly destitute part of Sweden. One reading of the novel could be that all the horror and supernatural elements of the story are a metaphor for the rotten core at the heart of this community, and read in such a way, the novel remains deeply uncomfortable. Regardless of …

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  • Fiction, horror
  • Vampires, fiction