{"id":359484,"date":"2026-08-31T16:37:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/359484\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:37:23","slug":"recension-om-att-misslyckas-av-peter-englund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/359484\/","title":{"rendered":"Recension: \u201dOm att misslyckas\u201d av Peter Englund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img alt=\"\" class=\"_image_1jxax_84 layout-component layout-wide\" data-fullscreen- data-track-element-type=\"Article image fullscreen\" data-track-name=\"ImageFullscreen\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"4287\" itemprop=\"image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ad2f0eda-bc1f-3c9c-bda7-d015e06cc4c7.jpeg\"  style=\"object-position:50.381856051839854% 62.21133659902029%\" width=\"4321\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_zldsx_1 _lead_16k26_2 _lead_3ue4t_18 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded _lead_o6m9k_5 _leadTheme_1q6sv_1 body-large bold\">Att lyckas, \u00e4r det meningen med livet? Eller \u00e4r det genom alla v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rs\u00f6k \u2013 och de misslyckanden som f\u00f6ljer \u2013 som vi finns till? S\u00e5dana fr\u00e5gor dyker upp vid l\u00e4sningen av Peter Englunds mycket lyckade bok om att misslyckas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/text-experience-assets.svd.se\/article\/_astro\/underLine.C4AqqheR.svg\" alt=\"under-strecket\" width=\"640\" height=\"9\" class=\"underline-icon\" data-astro-cid-g7c6jrk7=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_zldsx_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal\">Detta \u00e4r en understreckare, en f\u00f6rdjupande ess\u00e4, dagligen i SvD sedan 1918. \u00c5sikter som uttrycks \u00e4r skribentens egna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_zldsx_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">I ett av sina prosastycken \u2013 och inga\u00adlunda det mest tungsinta av dem \u2013 ber\u00e4ttar Gunnar Ekel\u00f6f om en f\u00f6rtrollad sommarkv\u00e4ll i sk\u00e4rg\u00e5rden. De ror omkring p\u00e5 sundet i en eka och l\u00e4gger till p\u00e5 en \u00f6, d\u00e4r ett par \u00f6vergivna frukttr\u00e4d och ett st\u00e5nd med tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rdsnattviol avsl\u00f6jar att de st\u00e5r p\u00e5 platsen d\u00e4r det en g\u00e5ng legat ett hus; p\u00e5 en \u00f6detomt med sk\u00e4rvor av b\u00e5de tegelpannor och kaffe\u00adkoppar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_textTheme_zldsx_1 _paragraph_16k26_4 _paragraph_3ue4t_27 layout-component layout-normal layout-padded body-medium\">Det f\u00e5r honom att t\u00e4nka p\u00e5 den i \u00e4rlig\u00adhetens namn r\u00e4tt sk\u00f6ra gr\u00e4nsen mellan natur och kultur, och p\u00e5 den nostalgiska och lite suspekta f\u00e4fotsromantik som \u00e5tminstone sedan Rousseau har pr\u00e4glat kulturen. \u201dMen\u201d, hejdar han sig pl\u00f6tsligt, egentligen \u00e4r den bakv\u00e4nd: \u201d\u00f6detomten ligger ju i framtiden!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Att lyckas, \u00e4r det meningen med livet? 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