The books run out immediately after the Nobel announcement: "A polite slasher"

At the Akademibokhandeln on Mäster Samuelsgatan there were only four copies of Anne Carson's books when the clock struck one. Some customers were already ready with a book in hand, says bookseller Jenny Unge.

But Carson was not the prize winner that Jenny Unge had hoped for.

- I had hoped for Alexis Wright, she says.

The few copies sold out quickly and new books are only expected in a few weeks.

At Hedengrens there were eleven copies when the Nobel Prize was announced. The radio was on and regulars were ready to pick up a book.

- They were very polite in their hacking, says the bookseller Alexander Freudenthal.

Everyone who was in the store at one o'clock managed to get a copy. Those who arrived half an hour later, on the other hand, had to leave empty-handed.

Now Hedengrens is trying to get more books from both Ellerström's publishers, Bokförlaget Faethon and Albert Bonniers, who have previously published Carson's works.

Books in other languages ​​are also in demand.

- We received requests to order home books in French, so we will do that as well. But most people want to read her in the original language, English, says Alexander Freudenthal.