Confessions of a Disloyal European
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| Author | Jan Myrdal |
|---|---|
| Original title | Samtida bekännelser av en europeisk intellektuell |
| Language | Swedish |
| Publisher | Norstedts förlag |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 1968 |
| Pages | 153 |
Confessions of a Disloyal European (Swedish: Samtida bekännelser av en europeisk intellektuell, lit. 'Contemporary Confessions of a European Intellectual') is a 1964 book by the Swedish writer Jan Myrdal. It consists of anecdotes and ruminations related to the moral duties of intellectuals, with a frame story about Myrdal's guilt over his lack of action to help a mentally ill woman who committed suicide. The book is presented as partially a work of fiction.[1][2]
Kirkus Reviews called Myrdal "unmistakably European from top to toe" in his attempt at "an unmasking of the Western intellectual tradition" and described the book's narrator as "partly a Strindbergian narcissist, partly an angry young man, and partly a cold fish".[3]
According to Myrdal, his 1975 book Karriär (lit. 'Career') can be regarded as a continuation of Confessions of a Disloyal European.[4]
