Danish reviewers raving about "The Corpses We Planted"

September 1 2026

Danish reviewers can’t get enough of Lina Wolff’s The Corpses We Planted (Ligene vi begravede, tr. Andrea Fehlauer, Gads Forlag)! 🇩🇰🇩🇰

“A brutal and gripping novel.” -Politiken

“I have rarely read a novel with such an intense pull.” -Kristeligt Dagblad

“Lina Wolff is a dazzlingly brilliant writer. No one else can give cynicism, oppression, and violent cruelty a human face quite like she can.” -Weekendavisen

“Furious, grotesque, inventive, bloody, poetic, damn funny, and undeniably political.” -Information

“Impossible to put down.” -Søndag

Congratulations to all!

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