''Wilful Disregard – A Novel About Love '' ( sv, Egenmäktigt förfarande – en roman om kärlek, lit=Arbitrary Conduct – A Novel About Love) is the sixth novel by Swedish author Lena Andersson, published in 2013. The book was released in the UK in June 2015. It won the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

in 2013 and in the same year the Literature Prize given by the Swedish newspaper ''Svenska Dagbladet''.Arbitarary Conduct
Partners in Stories, retrieved 13 December 2014

Plot

The book tells the story about a writer called Ester Nilsson. She meets an artist called Hugo Rask in an unusual way – because he is listening in the audience when she delivers a talk about him. Despite being in a steady relationship, the story tells the story of Nilsson's relationship with Rask, and betrayal.

Reception

In an interview in ''Foku''s on October 31, 2014, Swedish director

Roy Andersson Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for ''A Swedish Love Story'' (1970), '' About Endlessness'' (2019) and his "Living trilogy," which includes '' Songs from the Second Floor'' (2000), '' You, ...

claimed he was the inspiration for ''Hugo Rask''.

References

{{August Prize Best Fiction 2013 Swedish novels Swedish-language novels August Prize-winning works Novels set in Stockholm Picador (imprint) books Natur & Kultur books