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He for whom delirium wasthe only solutionto the strangulationthat life had prepared for him. Johannes goransson department of english university of. Right now in fact right before i sat down to write this essay i am working on a translation of swedish poet eva kristina olssons occult masterpiece, the angelgreen sacrament det angelsgrona sakramentet, a long poem that both documents and restages olssons encounters with angels. The sugar book by johannes goransson paperback softback. A diary as part of his most recent poetry volume, the sugar book, then cut them for being too personal 115.
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