{"title":"Birgitta Trotzig","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirgitta Trotzig’s works delve into the depths of human experience with a profound and often unsettling clarity. Her fiction explores themes of identity, spirituality, and the complexities of the human soul, inviting readers to reflect on the shadows that shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarked by a poetic intensity and philosophical insight, Trotzig’s writing challenges conventional narratives to reveal the mysteries beneath everyday existence. Readers can expect a powerful blend of existential inquiry and lyrical prose in her novels.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"queen-faber-editions-by-birgitta-trotzig-9780571393633","title":"Queen (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss ('a masterpiece')\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn these parts, they called her Queen. And she was queen of rags, of sagging mouldering roofs, of nothing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a bleak, windswept farm on the coast of rural Sweden, where the misty white light is as 'mute as the blind milk of membrane around an extinguished eye', beneath the oppressive silence, the salt spray and the grind of daily farmwork, a passionate, yearning, unspoken human drama takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of this story is Judit Lindgren, known as the 'Queen', strong as a whip, stately and stern. She holds her little realm tight, eking out a hard life, buttoning her emotions, dealing with the inadequacies of her menfolk, until the surprise arrival of a Polish widow from New York upends her carefully balanced world and offers the possibility of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Fear, rage, love, resentment: the full range of human emotion is here . . . A story fuelled by inevitability and cold beauty.'\u003c\/strong\u003e Sarah Moss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496498577644,"sku":"9780571393633","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571393633-queen-faber-editions.jpg?v=1775797831"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/birgitta-trotzig.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}