Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Crown Jewels

Her name is Carina Dahl and I kind of want to be her.


She lives on a boat, owns horses and is into fishing. I’m really not sure about her relations towards cats, but I know she has two dogs, of which the first is a notorious kleptomaniac and the other is a chemically castrated sex offender. Ok, it’s not her above, but could be and she actually is represented by this photo at a social network which starts with a face and ends with a book.

She is a writer and handles words just as skilled as a pickpocket in Casablanca snatches a wallet. I envy her talent to create an interesting story out of anything, and her way to make the most incredible creatures credible.

A few years ago she wrote a fantastic novel filled with a love of storytelling, a novel which made me smile, laugh and cry from cover to cover.

That novel premieres today at Swedish movie theatres as a big budget summer blockbuster with a stellar cast. You all should go and watch Alicia Wikander, Björn Gustafsson, Bill Skarsgård and the others in Kronjuvelerna "The Crown Jewels". According to raving reviews it’s already a success and can very well be the next Swedish Academy Awards nominee.



Congratulations and good work, Carina.

“Never forget to wear a hat when the moon is full. Otherwise you will go bald.”

// T.

Now:
  1. Book tickets at: www.sf.se
  2. Read her novels: Familjelyckan, Det Stora Svenska Vemodet
  3. Read her blog at: www.carindadahl.com

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