Kallocain
( Swedish - Kallocain - 1940 )
novel by Karin Boye
translated by Gustaf Lannestock
Published:
University of Wisconsin Press - hardback - 1966 ( The Nordic Translation Series )
ISBN: 0299038912 / 9780299038915
University of Wisconsin Press - trade paperback - 2002
ISBN: 0299038947 / 9780299038946
( Penguin Classics - translated by David McDuff )
Penguin Books - paperback - 2019
ISBN: 0241355583 / 9780241355589
synopsis
This novel envisions a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain's depiction of a totalitarian world state is an extrapolation of what the author had seen 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.
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( Swedish - Kallocain - 1940 )
novel by Karin Boye
translated by Gustaf Lannestock
Published:
University of Wisconsin Press - hardback - 1966 ( The Nordic Translation Series )
ISBN: 0299038912 / 9780299038915
University of Wisconsin Press - trade paperback - 2002
ISBN: 0299038947 / 9780299038946
( Penguin Classics - translated by David McDuff )
Penguin Books - paperback - 2019
ISBN: 0241355583 / 9780241355589
synopsis
This novel envisions a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain's depiction of a totalitarian world state is an extrapolation of what the author had seen 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.
awards
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