Lisa Ridzén is a doctoral student in sociology, researching masculinity norms in the rural communities of the Swedish far north, where she herself was raised and now lives in a small village outside of Östersund. The idea for her debut novel, WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH, came from the discovery of notes her grandfather’s care team had left the family as he neared the end of his life.

Books by Lisa Ridzén

When the Cranes Fly South

written by Lisa Ridzén, translated by Alice Menzies - Fiction

WHEN THE CRANES FLY SOUTH is a profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man’s attempts to mend his relationship with his son before it’s too late. This emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, dogs and atonement is an international sensation.