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The Incredible Success Story of Scandinavian Best Sellers on the German Book Market

Elisabeth Böker
Scandinavian Studies, December 2019, 91 (4) 582-597; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.91.4.0582
Elisabeth Böker
University of Mainz
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