# Osebol

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{{short description|2019 novel by Marit Kapla}}
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'''''Osebol''''' is a 2019 [debut novel](/source/debut_novel) by Swedish writer [Marit Kapla](/source/Marit_Kapla). It won the 2019 [August Prize](/source/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](/source/V%C3%A4rmland_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](/source/existentialism), 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](/source/Allen_Lane_(imprint)) 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}}

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