VÄRDDJURET – THE HOST

By Marie Hermanson

Alone once more after a collapsed long-term relationship with a married man, she heads off to Borneo. The trip gives her a break from the everyday grind and a rare opportunity to reflect on her childhood and her life. However, once she returns to Sweden, everything changes: Suddenly she feels a weak twitch in a thigh muscle, lasting only a few seconds – but a pain unlike any she has ever experienced before, a completely new and foreign feeling. After a consultation with an eccentric specialist in tropical diseases, the truth is revealed: She has become host to another creature…