Döda trakten/Kvinnor i revolt

In 1976 eighteen-year-old Alice leaves the countryside for her father Max, a photographer, who lives in a suburban terraced house with his new wife Siri, a dazzling women's-rights campaigner working for the UN, and her two half-siblings. Taking the bus downtown, Alice sets out to make the city her own: night classes, open lectures, cinema screenings, and wild gatherings at Veronica Seger's apartment. Veronica shows her how to write with animal instinct, Pelle turns into her first love and the dancer Evelyn her friend. Siri calls the period an ice age, yet Germany is fighting armed urban militants, the dread spreads across Europe, and the family's sheltered home falls apart. In the spare room, Alice starts writing. The book opens a trilogy.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

382 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Politics (assigned by AI)

First published

2025 by Förlaget

Author's age

64 when first published

ISBN

9789523336520 (original)