Eva Gabrielsson Reflects on Life With Stieg Larsson
Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime companion of the wildly successful Swedish author of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson, has published a book of her own.
Her book, which was originally released in French back in January, is now availiable in the United States thanks to the English translation of Linda Coverdale.
Simply titled, ” ‘There Are Things I Want You to Know’ About Stieg Larsson and Me,” Gabrielsson’s memoir talks about her life with Larsson, who died unexpectedly in November 2004 when he was just 50 years of age.
Stieg, who sold the rights to “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest to a Swedish publisher shortly before his death, never witnessed the success of his trio of crime-thrillers, which some say were written by Gabrielsson.
Ever since her partner’s death, Gabrielsson has been embroiled in a legal battle over his multi-million dollar estate with his father and brother.
Although Eva spent 32 years together with Mr Larsson, the couple never officially “tied the knot.” This reason combined with the fact that the “soul mates” were childless, and because Swedish law makes no provision for common-law marriage, Gabrielsson had no legal right to his estate, now worth tens of millions of dollars.
Despite this, Eva says what bothers her the most is that she has been shut out from the production of the films, the first of which, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is expected to hit theaters this December.
“It’s not just the money, they also have control of the quality of the translation and what goes in,” she said. “That’s what’s troubling me. … They can take the money.”
When asked if she planned on continuing the series and penning a 4th book, Ms Gabrielssson replied:
“I think people should come to terms that Stieg is actually dead and there are three books that were finished by him and let’s leave it at that.”
Watch the official The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer below:
via NYTimes
