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Queen
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- Book Synopsis
- Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss ('a masterpiece') Judit is stubborn and singular, distant and unyielding. She is called Queen. Her realm is a windswept farm on a misty Swedish coastline.When she is nine, her dying mother places Judit's brother Viktor in her arms, and the two are bonded for life. Together with their silent brother, Albert, they forge a precarious family. But Judit has her secrets; she dreams amidst the salt spray. And when Viktor emigrates to America, the ground beneath her feet forever shifts. Translated into English for the first time, Queen (1964)is a visionary family saga: a mythic epic in miniature, mystical and anarchic. One of the greatest Swedish novelists of all time, Birgitta Trotzig casts another worldly light across the souls of her characters - and her readers. Translated by Saskia Vogel 'Fear, rage, love, resentment: the full range of human emotion is here . . . A story fuelled by inevitability and cold beauty.' Sarah Moss
- About The Author
- Birgitta Trotzig (1929-2011) was born in Gothenburg. She studied literary history before marrying artist and sculptor Ulf Trotzig in 1949,living within the vibrant community of the Valand School of Fine Arts. After moving to Italy then France, she converted to Catholicism and became immersed in European modernism as well as the resistance movement against the Algerian War.On returning to Sweden in 1969, she had three children, with a fourth born later. One of Scandinavia's most celebrated authors of fiction,prose poetry and cultural criticism, Trotzig's debut novel was published when she was twenty-one - and her award-winning writing continued to explore religion, politics and existentialism, always giving a voice to the vulnerable. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, she was elected to the Swedish Academyin 1993. Trotzig died in Lund in 2011.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571393633
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (12 February 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 mm
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