![]() In 1947, Elisabeth Åsbrink chronicles the creation of the modern world, as the forces that will go on to govern all our lives during the next 70 years first make themselves known. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes The Second Sex, the first computer bug is discovered, the CIA is set up, a clockmaker's son draws up the plan that remains the goal of jihadists to this day, and a UN Committee is given four months to find a solution to the problem of Palestine. Among the millions in flight across Europe looking for a new home in 1947 is Elisabeth Åsbrink's father. ![]() Some run from their deeds, and most get away. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an uncertain future across the sea. This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. Her non-fiction book 1947: When Now Begins, published in 2016, has been translated into 19 languages and received a prize from the Royal Swedish Academy. Her work deals with memory and oblivion and often focuses on the aftermath of The Second World War. ![]() Author(s): Elisabeth Asbrink Fiona Graham (translator)Īs the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age - the one we call now. Elisabeth sbrink is a Swedish writer and journalist. ![]()
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