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Axel Lindén

Counting Sheep
My 1021 Days in the Field

10th of July
‘Narrow paths appear across the fields. The sheep follow one an-
other so as not to trample the pasture. I would never have
thought of that.’

A literary graduate curtails his doctoral studies to move with his

family to the fully working farm he unexpectedly inherits, where he
is responsible for a flock of sheep. He starts keeping a record of his
days in the field, recounting the joys and sorrows of life in the
country, the big events as well as the seemingly trivial.
Spending time with his flock turns out to be a very different experi-
ence from what he expected, as he goes from a grudging lay-farmer
to fully appreciating the wonders of the little world he now inhabits.
As he follows the season with the sheep, he wonders whether he
really is the one caring for them, or if they are the ones actually
keeping him? The answer, perhaps, lies somewhere in between.
In this contemplative and irresistibly delightful little book, Axel
Lindén delves into the small wonders of our world, demonstrating
to the us that it’s often the little things in life that mean the most,
while leading the reader to consider ourselves and our place in the
universe. After all, seeing oneself through an animal’s eyes, renders
new and highly surprising perspectives and insights.

’…there is something absolutely sacred in the atmosphere in Axel Lindén’s Rights Sold
Danish: Turbine
COUNTING SHEEP… What should one call this kind of book? Neo- English (UK & Com): Quercus
English (NA): Atria Books
Pastoral? Post-urban? Retreat-novel?’ —Dagens Nyheter German: Ullstein Buchverlage
Korean: Simple Life
Spanish (World): Ediciones B
‘A gem of a book that creates poetry out of sheep keeping.’ —UNT
Publication
Albert Bonniers Förlag
‘The best thing I’ve read in a long time.’ — Borås Tidning October 2017
135 pages

Material
Swedish Finished Copies
Full English Translation
Author Q&A
“Sheepies” (Sheep Selfies)

Film & TV Rights

Available

Axel Lindén (b. 1972) lives on a remote farm in Sweden with his family. Contact
Amanda Bértolo Alderin
COUNTING SHEEP is his debut.
amanda.bertolo.alderin@bonnierrights.se

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