Crisis (Boye novel)
| Author | Karin Boye |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kris |
| Translator | Amanda Doxtater |
| Language | Swedish |
| Published | 1934 |
| Publisher | Bonniers, Norvik Press |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Crisis (Swedish: Kris) is a 1934 autobiographical novel by Karin Boye. Amanda Doxtater's English translation of Crisis was published in January 2020 by Norvik Press.[1]
Plot
Malin Forst, a young woman studying to become a teacher in Stockholm during the 1930s, suffers a religious crisis and becomes infatuated with her female classmate.
Play adaptation
The novel was adapted into a play by Maja Salomonsson that premiered in 2022 at The House of Culture in Vällingby. The production, starring Beri Gerwise and Frida Beckman was praised by Pia Huss in Dagens Nyheter and Sara Granath in Svenska Dagbladet.[2]
References
Citations
Sources
- Granath, Sara (27 February 2022). "Ungdomens ångest fångas i fina nyanser" [The anxieties of youth are captured in subtle nuances]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- Huss, Pia (27 February 2022). "Dramatiseringen av Karin Boyes "Kris" är lysande scenkonst" [The dramatization of Karin Boye's “Crisis” is brilliant theater]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- Joseph, Nancy (18 August 2020). "Translating a Crisis". artsci.washington.edu. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- [Norvik Press] (23 January 2020). "Karin Boye's modernist classic now published in English for the first time". Norvik Press. Retrieved 22 August 2025.