Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Sara Stridsberg, born in 1972, is a writer, playwright and former member of the Swedish Academy. Her first novel, Happy Sally, was published in 2004, and her break-through came two years later with the publication of The Faculty of Dreams, her second novel, the English translation of which was longlisted for the Booker International Prize in 2019. Her novels have been translated into 25 languages, and she has been shortlisted for the prestigious August Prize three times, including in 2012 for her collection of plays, Medealand and Other Plays. She lives in Stockholm.<i>The Antarctica of Love </i>is <b>a shocking and beautiful subversion of the 'dead girl' trope</b>. With fierce dignity, the narrator in this elegiac novel refuses to be reduced to murder victim/sex worker/addict; she is a poet, philosopher, and author of her own life story in this <b>haunting</b> portrait of the starkest meanings of love and family. <b>Stridsberg's literary talent left me awestruck</b>
- Kate Reed Petty, author of TRUE STORY
An elegy to the murdered woman's life, from her point of view . . . [Stridsberg] writes with <b>chilling poise</b>
New York Times
Stridsberg offers a <b>compassionate and complex</b> portrait of a woman damaged by her past, and of those left behind to mourn her death
Financial Times
<b>Excellent </b>. . . <b>Linguistically and structurally beautiful</b>, <i>The Antarctica of Love </i>is a an exploration of our place in the world, how fleetingly we occupy it, and how much of a trace we leave
Translating Women
A <b>deeply moving</b> portrait of a life cut short, free of judgement but <b>rich in insight and compassion</b> . . . Stridsberg's novel is <b>brave</b>, and <b>it couldn't be more relevant</b>
European Literature Network
A <b>disturbingly beautiful</b> book. Stridsberg writes perhaps the <b>most taut and most beautiful prose</b> in Sweden right now
Expressen
<b>A powerful story</b> that ripples through time and across generations and social divides . . . with <b>extraordinary empathy and insight</b>
CrimeReads
A <b>stunning </b>book which paints the portrait of a broken life with honesty and compassion
Kirkus Reviews (starred)
<b>A ruminative, heartrending novel</b>
Publishers Weekly
Already with her second novel - <i>The Faculty of Dreams</i>, which was awarded the 2007 Nordic Council Literature Prize - Stridsberg proved that she is <b>among the finest authors of contemporary Nordic literature </b>... With her latest work, <i>The</i> <i>Antarctica of Love</i>, <b>Stridsberg has surpassed herself</b>. <i>The Antarctica of Love</i> is a novel that one both rejects and cannot resist. It is <b>brutal and oddly full of light</b>, it is <b>wild and violent</b>, but also <b>full of love and tenderness</b>.
Aftenposten
A shattering read from one of Scandinavia's<b> truly modern storytellers</b>, in prose that appears both <b>more sophisticated and more accessible</b> than previous works
Klassekampen
The book has a <b>linguistic abundance</b> that fires up the reader with energy and the conviction that this novel can be <b>one of the best of the year</b>
Adresseavisen
Gives voice to the unseen . . . A <b>terrible and beautiful</b> novel with unique moral weight.
Vårt Land
Few writers craft such distinct imagery, in such poetic meanderings, with <b>such beauty and precision</b>, as Stridsberg
Svenska Dagbladet
<i>The Antarctica of Love</i> is an <b>utterly brilliant </b>novel
Skånska Dagbladet
Her story becomes inscribed upon our minds, so <b>rich with poetic expressions and prosaic sentences</b> that it is ultimately difficult to comprehend all the horror, since it is wrapped in such powerful words. ... Sara Stridsberg's <i>The Antarctic of Love</i> is <b>this year's most poignant book</b>
LitteraturMagazinet
<i>The Antarctica of Love</i> is Stridsberg's <b>darkest and most powerful novel to date.</b> Here, there is no romanticizing of marginalization ... Here, it's all intense presence and nerve, up until the moment of death itself
SVT Kulturnyheter
An interesting experiment in narrative and emotional detachment
- Rónán Hession, Irish Times
An <b>amazing </b>and <b>almost unbearably precise</b> novel
Dagens Nyheter
Stridsberg's language bears the unbearable, and provides a soft blanket that leads us into the worst - and beyond
Politiken