Finished reading THE DARK BLUE WINTER OVERCOAT & OTHER STORIES FROM THE NORTH, edited by Sjon and Ted Hodgkinson. It consists of 15 short stories by writers from the Nordic countries --- Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Aland Islands. It's the first ever selection of Nordic stories in English.
The Nordic region covers a vast and varied terrain geographically and culturally. Mountains, forests, lakes, rivers, fjords etc. Yesteryear that region had unjust and unforgiving societies but they are now welfare states.
Themes addressed in this book include alcoholism and other substance abuse, marital infidelity, lesbian love, and parent-teenager conflict.
