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Ninni holmqvist, born 24 june 1958 in lund and currently living in scania, sweden, is a translator and author of fiction. Holmqvist s ability to invest the reader in both the story and the characters is exceptional. Ninni holmqvist was born in 1958 and lives in the south of sweden. The unit central arkansas library system overdrive. Her 2006 novel the unit introduced her to an international audience and was translated into a number of languages. A novel kindle edition by ninni holmqvist, marlaine delargy. Ninni holmqvist s eerie dystopian novel envisions a society in the notsodistant future where men and women deemed economically worthless are sent to a retirement community called the unit. Download read enhet 2006 by ninni holmqvist in pdf. Jessica crispin, ninni holmqvist s eerie dystopian novel envisions a society in the not.
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