They say that crimes committed by elderly people in their 70s and older are on the rise in Japan these days. Apparently, they believe it is better to enter a prison where they can rest and are provided with food, simply because their old age is too difficult. It is heartbreaking to think about how hard life must be for them to even consider such a thing. Here, Grandma Merta and her friends escape from a nursing home. Before they entered, the facility was advertised lavishly, promising top-class

Life is beautiful and wonderful... without regrets~ ^^ Following *The 100-Year-Old Man Who Fled Through the Window* and *The Illiterate Woman Who Knew How to Count*, I purchased *Grandma Martha Who Decided to Go to Prison*... I read all three books in one sitting, from the first page to the last. Sometimes I laughed at the absurd stories, but I kept reading because I was curious about what would happen next. I don't think it would be meaningful to write down the plot here... I think it would be

A gang of elderly robbers who accomplished unbelievable feats, ranging from stealing valuables and kidnapping masterpieces to robbing a bank. Märta, Genius, Stina, Galgui, and Annagreta. The delightful adventures of these five grandmothers and grandfathers have begun. In truth, it is realistically impossible for the elderly to rob money, masterpieces, and banks, and since the three incidents occur in succession, the novel is quite lengthy, making it somewhat tedious at times. However, watching

True to its title, *Grandma Märta Who Decided to Go to Prison* features 79-year-old Grandma Märta as the protagonist, who has resolved to go to jail. Why did these elderly residents, who had lived peacefully in nursing homes for decades, join Grandma Märta’s audacious plan? The fact that the food and workshops in prison looked more appealing than the abysmal services provided by nursing homes meant that grandmothers and grandfathers are not passive or helpless beings. The delightful rebellion

I feel like my goal for this year—to read a lot of novels—is being fulfilled step by step. There wasn't a specific reason I started reading this novel; the title itself was quite intriguing. The idea that a grandmother was trying to go to prison—I couldn't understand why on earth she would want to go—so I became curious. It seems that novels are only enjoyable to read when you are curious about them first. The first scene Grandma Märta showed was her going to the bank without any preparation,

Reading the afterword to Grandma Märta’s monumental work, which she decided to write before going to prison, I saw that the translator explicitly described social polarization and stated that one must feel it while reading. However, I read it simply for entertainment; I enjoyed the book without taking the time to think about issues of social polarization such as nursing homes and prisons. Had I read it with such thoughts in mind, this boring general knowledge book would likely have turned into

This is the story of Grandma Märta, who decides to go to prison, following in the footsteps of the 100-year-old man who escaped through a window. There is also an illiterate woman who knows how to do arithmetic in the middle of the story; it is the second enjoyable Swedish novel about the elderly that I have read. It is also a novel that is not unrelated to the issues facing the elderly in contemporary society. The past few years have been a joyful period as Swedish novels, which were not

I bought this at the Yeongdeungpo Kyobo, and it's so pretty that I'm posting a picture too lol. It's my book of the year; it's a total page turner. I bought it to read during the Lunar New Year holidays, gave it to my mom, and ended up buying another one for myself haha.

Upon hearing the news that *Märta Decides to Go to Prison*—a Swedish bestseller following *The 100-Year-Old Man Who Escaped Through the Window*—had been published, I was able to purchase it at a very low price using coupons and reward points. Having thoroughly enjoyed *The 100-Year-Old Man Who Escaped Through the Window*, I had high expectations for this book; upon reading it, I found it to be just as entertaining and a solid novel. It must be good for it to have risen to the ranks of a