Summary of Everything I Don’t Remember
A young man dies in a car crash in Stockholm. Who was he and how did he die? Was it an accident or suicide? “Everything I Don’t Remember” explores the ‘truth’ about the life and death of the deceased young man, as recounted through the memories of his friends.
Reasons to read Everything I Don’t Remember
“Everything I Don’t Remember” is a novel about love, loss, and the unreliability of memory. The novel also addresses contemporary Swedish issues such as immigration and racism. The book was a bestseller in Sweden. In 2015, Jonas Hassen Khemiri won the August Prize, Sweden’s highest literary award, for this novel. Khemiri is one of the most celebrated contemporary Swedish authors. He also won the Prix Medicis étranger with his novel “Family Clause” and the P.O. Enquist prize with his novel “Montecore: The Silence of the Tiger”.
Setting: Stockholm (Sweden)
Original title: Allt jag inte minns
Year of publication: 2015
Nr of pages: 320
