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nuget.exe install _Krisis-by-Karin-Boye-Ebook-Epub-PDF-hov -Version 5.6.95 -Source https://www.myget.org/F/fkeia/api/v3/index.json When the Clarté circle no longer saw any political value in psychoanalysis but sought to refine their political and financial focus Karin Boye continued the circle’s former attempts at merging Marxist social analysis with psychoanalysis and tried to turn it into a form of liberation ideology. Her 1931 novel Astarte portrays her blistering criticism of a society in which God has been replaced by Mammon in norm-defying poetic prose. This is a society in which the Semitic fertility goddess of Astarte, who once ruled over both heaven and earth, has now become a mere mannequin. The emancipation of women, separated from its connection with life, is exploited according to the changing winds of fashion in a market where dreams are for sale. Although Astarte won a Nordic novel competition the leading literary critics remained completely unmoved by both its innovative use of language as well as its critique of contemporary bourgeois culture. What does it mean, this unease? Where does it lead? Driving one’s soul to relinquish everything it has, hindering it from searching for anything new. What is this great weariness towards everything she has found, what is this great longing for something that no one can find that drives us to fold our hands in our lap – and despair? The protagonist of Crisis is Malin Forst, a twenty-year-old woman studying to be a teacher in the 1930s. Deeply religious, she exists in a world where the belief in God appears to be fundamental to much of the instruction she receives. However, Malin is struggling with her faith and this develops into the debilitating crisis of the title. In what appears to the modern reader to be a crippling depression, Malin finds herself unable to undertake to the simplest of tasks, bursting into tears at the slightest provocation and finding the smallest act almost impossible. A paternally patronising doctor diagnoses anaemia; an old teacher fails to understand the depths of her despair; and her bullying father simply adds to the horror of her everyday existence. As Malin continues to search her soul for a solution, a chance glimpse of a particular female fellow student leads to an infatuation, a revelation and a chance of recovery.

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She is drawn to Siv, and pursues that -- "She was on a voyage to discover Siv" --, but she can also barely muster herself to more than an immature puppy love: "that timid, wide-eyed look of admiration she directed towards Siv's lovely profile -- comical, just comical !" But then she falls for a fellow student, Siv. Instantly, everything becomes clear to her again, even though Siv and Malin hardly interact with each other and Malin's relationship with Siv seems to play more in her head, in the form of daydreams, than in real life. In a way, it seems to help her resolve (to some extent) some of her other issues, such as her religious faith, but it also leaves her further unmoored. Kerstin Ekman (b. 1933) provides a literary smörgåsbord to choose from. She is the author of Childhood, and of our recently reissued Women and the City tetralogy. Begin with Witches’ Rings: the central character is a woman so anonymous that her name is not even mentioned on her gravestone.You can read excerpts from Ekman’s other work published in translation by our friends over at Swedish Book Review.

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The Bernard Shaw Prize is an award for translations into English of full-length Swedish language works of literary merit and general interest. This year’s judges are Charlotte Berry and Annika Lindskog. The award is sponsored by the Embassy of Sweden, London. Domellöf, Gunilla, 'Karin Boye och den revolutionära humanismen.', Kulturradikalismen / Bertil Nolin (red.)., S. 171-201, 1993

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Either way, I still really thought this novel was amazing. The imagery and prose were what really made this novel as great as it was. As the main character, Marin, was a reflection of the author, Boye's ability to reflect critically on what caused her to think or act a certain way are perfect. The "Dialogues between the forces of nature" at first, seemed to me unnecessary and boring. Until only about half-way through, did I realize that Boye was writing about what professionals and religious leaders would have critiqued about her situation. I just thought that was magnificent. Suzanne Brøgger (b. 1944) surely takes the prize for best title with her prose collection, A Fighting Pig’s Too Tough to Eat. Brøgger’s writings transgress genre and have often prompted comparison with her fellow countrywoman, Karen Blixen. This collection traces her development from social rebel to iconoclast and visionary.This is particularly relevant for researchers seeking to analyse the information contained in SKBL (Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women). A talented student, Malin has suddenly found herself struggling -- not so much academically as in every other way: