Wilful Disregard

Wilful Disregard

First edition
Author	Lena Andersson
Original title	Egenmäktigt förfarande – en roman om kärlek
Translator	Sarah Death
Country	Sweden
Genre	novel
Set in	Stockholm
Publisher	Natur & Kultur (Sweden) Picador (UK)
Publication date	2013 (Sweden) June 2015 (UK)
Pages	208
ISBN	978-1447268918

Wilful Disregard – A Novel About Love (Swedish: Egenmäktigt förfarande – en roman om kärlek, lit. 'Arbitrary Conduct – A Novel About Love') is the sixth novel by Swedish author Lena Andersson, published in 2013.

The book was released in the UK in June 2015.

It won the August Prize in 2013^[1] and in the same year the Literature Prize given by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.^[2]

Plot

The book tells the story about a writer called Ester Nilsson. She meets an artist called Hugo Rask in an unusual way – because he is listening in the audience when she delivers a talk about him. Despite being in a steady relationship, the story tells the story of Nilsson's relationship with Rask, and betrayal.^[2]

Reception

In an interview in Fokus on October 31, 2014, Swedish director Roy Andersson claimed he was the inspiration for Hugo Rask.^[3]

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