28 July 2019 – The Modern Novel

Irina Odoevtseva: Изольда (Isolde)

28 July 2019 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Irina Odoevtseva:‘s Изольда (Isolde). This book was first published in 1929 and was condemned by Odoevtseva’s fellow Russian émigré writers, including Nabokov, as it dealt with teenage sex and nihilism and was therefore clearly immoral. It tells the story of a Russian émigré family in Biarritz in the … Read more

Sara Stridsberg: Drömfakulteten (UK: Faculty of Dreams; US: Valerie)

28 July 201928 July 2019 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Sara Stridsberg‘s Drömfakulteten (UK: Faculty of Dreams; US: Valerie) . The US title – Valerie – gives a much better idea of the subject than the UK one (a literal translation of the Swedish original), as the novel is about Valerie Solanas, who is known for two things: … Read more