{"product_id":"queen-birgitta-trotzig","title":"Queen - Birgitta Trotzig","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueen by Birgitta Trotzig \/ Translated by Saskia Vogel \/ 168-page paperback, 5.84 x 6.74 inches, published in 2026 by Archipelago \/ ISBN 9781962770538\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong-awaited rediscovery of visionary Swedish writer Birgitta Trotzig and her mythic, modernist classic, Queen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirgitta Trotzig’s 1964 novella is the story of a girl named Judit who is stubborn and singular, distant and unyielding. She has a love of lilies. She is called Queen. Her entire world exists within Bäck, a village in the south of Sweden so named because a brook bends through it. At the age of nine, Judit’s mother falls ill during childbirth and passes Judit the strong little body of her brother Viktor. A sharp gleam springs forth from Viktor’s pale-blue infant eyes, and the two are bonded for life. Viktor and Judit, along with their wordless brother Albert (one who prefers the warm silence of animals), form a precarious family. In dark and mystical waves of language, Judit’s inner life is awakened to the reader. She has her secrets. The Queen prizes her alias like a precious gemstone; she dreams one day that the master gardener at Trolle Ljungby Castle will select her very own flower bulbs for planting; and she holds suspicions like hot stones to her heart. When Viktor decides to emigrate to the United States, the ground beneath Judit's feet forever shifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe English-language discovery of Birgitta Trotzig, one of the greatest Swedish writers of all time, is long overdue. Her dark, spiritual writings construct a truth and vision all her own. Trotzig's characters are ordinary and troubled, their lives barren and merciless, but an otherworldly light sweeps across them, making them stand with spectacular clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48045472514273,"sku":"9781962770538","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/5215\/0960\/files\/Queen-Birgitta-Trotzig.jpg?v=1782603116","url":"https:\/\/50wattsbooks.com\/products\/queen-birgitta-trotzig","provider":"50 Watts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}