cblgh@bookwyrm.social reviewed Kallocain by Karin Boye
Swedish cousin of Brave New World, authored by a lesbian poet in 1940s Sweden
5 stars
finished reading kallocain during lunch, it has such luscious sentences
it feels like a poem wearing the guise of a novel. the first time i tried to read it, i read like i would any other novel. but for me, it only revealed itself, and was frankly only understandable, when taking the pace down a few notches
i don't know what translation keeps the dreamy poetry of its sentences intact; you could always learn swedish