{{short description|2019 novel by Marit Kapla}} {{Infobox book | italic title = | name = Osebol | image = Osebol cover.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | author = Marit Kapla | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | series = | release_number = | subject = | genre = | set_in = Osebol, a village in Värmland County | published = April 25, 2019 | publisher = [http://www.tegpublishing.se/ Teg Publishing] | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 812 | awards = August Prize (2019) | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = }} '''''Osebol''''' is a 2019 debut novel by Swedish writer Marit Kapla. It won the 2019 August Prize for Fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.augustpriset.se/bidrag/osebol|title=Osebol|website=Augustpriset|access-date=9 January 2021|archive-date=23 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223084503/https://www.augustpriset.se/bidrag/osebol|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The book focuses on a village called Osebol in Värmland County. It features a series of interviews with local residents who describe their lives from the past to the present. According to Kapla, the book is not political but rather existential, aiming simply in preserving a document about a village and its inhabitants.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.tegpublishing.se/katalog/osebol/|title=Osebol till Marit Kapla|website=Teg Publishing|date=25 April 2019 |isbn=978-91-88035-30-1 |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
The book was translated to English by Peter Graves and released by Allen Lane in 2021 under the title ''Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village by Marit Kapla review – distant voices, still lives|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/08/osebol-voices-from-a-swedish-village-by-marit-kapla-review-distant-voices-still-lives|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Guardian|date=8 November 2021 |last1=Gerrard |first1=Nicci }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{August Prize Best Fiction}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Osebol}} Category:2010s Swedish novels Category:2019 in Sweden Category:2019 novels Category:2019 debut novels Category:Swedish-language novels Category:August Prize–winning works Category:Novels set in Värmland County