{"product_id":"caly-recommends-queen-faber-editions-birgitta-trotzig","title":"Caly recommends... Queen (Faber Editions) - Birgitta Trotzig","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaly says... \u003cem\u003eA cold, eerie and unsettling first English translation of this Swedish Gothic Classic. Hauntingly divulging into motherhood, family, farming and the land, this is a brilliantly dark and disorientating Swedish family saga that reads like a cross of Claire Keegan and Tim Burton! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56356825104764,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/5662\/2637\/files\/Queen.jpg?v=1770894420","url":"https:\/\/collectedbooks.co.uk\/products\/caly-recommends-queen-faber-editions-birgitta-trotzig","provider":"Collected","version":"1.0","type":"link"}