{"product_id":"queen-2","title":"Queen","description":"\u003ch1\u003eQueen\u003c\/h1\u003eBirgitta Trotzig\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Archipelago Books\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 24 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781962770538\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1962770532\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eLong-awaited rediscovery of visionary Swedish writer Birgitta Trotzig and her mythic, modernist classic, \u003ci\u003eQueen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirgitta Trotzig's 1964 novella is the story of a girl named Judit who is stubborn and singular, distant and unyielding. She has a love of lilies. She is called Queen. Her entire world exists within Bäck, a village in the south of Sweden so named because a brook bends through it. At the age of nine, Judit's mother falls ill during childbirth and passes Judit the strong little body of her brother Viktor. A sharp gleam springs forth from Viktor's pale-blue infant eyes, and the two are bonded for life. Viktor and Judit, along with their wordless brother Albert (one who prefers the warm silence of animals), form a precarious family. In dark and mystical waves of language, Judit's inner life is awakened to the reader. She has her secrets. The Queen prizes her alias like a precious gemstone; she dreams one day that the master gardener at Trolle Ljungby Castle will select her very own flower bulbs for planting; and she holds suspicions like hot stones to her heart. When Viktor decides to emigrate to the United States, the ground beneath Judit's feet forever shifts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe English-language discovery of Birgitta Trotzig, one of the greatest Swedish writers of all time, is long overdue. Her dark, spiritual writings construct a truth and vision all her own. Trotzig's characters are ordinary and troubled, their lives barren and merciless, but an otherworldly light sweeps across them, making them stand with spectacular clarity.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391900942381,"sku":"WHS-f21fd4e6200c4866b2a73b10c81132a7","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_f7b5fd3e-4566-4370-86f9-9dbb63e1790f.jpg?v=1787358364","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/queen-2","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}