Kallocain

Kallocain - Paperback

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Kallocain - Paperback

Kallocain - Paperback

by Karin Boye
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by Karin Boye (Author)

This classic Swedish novel envisioned a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain's depiction of a totalitarian world state is a montage of what novelist Karin Boye had seen or sensed in 1930s Russia and Germany. Its central idea grew from the rumors of truth drugs that ensured the subservience of every citizen to the state.

Author Biography

Karin Boye (1900-1941) was a Swedish poet and novelist whose suicide in 1941 amid the shambles of a war-racked Europe reflects the fate of a whole generation of writers. Her first novel, Astarte, appeared in 1931.

Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: April 02, 2002
ISBN9780299038946
Author Karin Boye
PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2002
LanguageENG- English
Pages224
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Karin Boye

Karin Boye (1900-1941) was a Swedish poet and anti-fascist who translated The Waste Land into Swedish. After undergoing psychoanalysis in Berlin, she left her husband and formed a lifelong relationship with another woman, Margot Hanel. Her most famous book, Kallocain, was partly inspired by eye-opening trips to Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Boye died by suicide the year after writing it.

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