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“Norlin’s characters are all so real; she knows every feeling of every person, which is incredibly hard to do and requires a lot of investment. She also has a wonderfully unpredictable way of writing... it just knocks you over.”
— The New Yorker, Apr 2 2025
“A disturbing, engrossing portrait of a tiny community living beyond society... Too often novels packed with this many ideas sacrifice emotion in favor of mounting a ponderous argument; Norlin instead writes visceral episodes that speak for themselves.”
— The New York Times Book Review, Mar 24 2025
★ “Norlin’s writing (as translated by Olsson) is clever and incisive... Ultimately, this is a treatise on humanity, on the things people need and the power and frailty of human connection. This is a novel that will stick with you.”
— Kirkus Reviews, Mar 20 2025
“The Colony manages to tackle themes of environmental catastrophe, capitalism, exploitation, and care, in turn rendering human fragility, hubris, and desire without ever feeling oppressively dark.”
— Asymptote Journal, Mar 11 2025
“In the Swedish musician’s disturbing, engrossing first novel, an incongruous group of individuals... form a tiny, virtually silent commune cut off from society...The Colony asks: Is this an Edenic laboratory of human cooperation, or something more like a cult?”
— The New York Times, Feb 28 2025
★ “Norlin, in her debut, comments on contemporary society, the environment, and the fragile nature of belonging. For readers of literary fiction who love nuanced characters and stylistically complex novels.”
— Booklist, Feb 25 2025
“I was really swept away by this... I really enjoyed it, it actually felt like real escapism... For when you’re sick of thinking about all the technology that is barreling towards us.”
— The New York Times Book Review Podcast, Jan 13 2025
“Norlin’s character work is superior, bringing each Colony member to vivid life and examining in nuanced detail how they interact. It’s an impressive tale of a found family.”
— Publishers Weekly, Dec 9 2024

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