The Faculty of Dreams
Book by Sara Stridsberg
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The Faculty of Dreams (Swedish: Drömfakulteten) is a 2006 novel by Swedish writer Sara Stridsberg. The main character of the narrative is the American radical feminist Valerie Solanas. The novel received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.[1] In 2011 it was voted as the best Swedish novel from the 2000s (decade) in a poll held by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which involved one hundred Swedish critics, authors, journalists and publishers.[2] The book has been translated into Danish, English, Finnish, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish and German.[3]
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| Author | Sara Stridsberg |
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| Language | Swedish |
| Publisher | Albert Bonniers förlag |
| Publication place | Sweden |
| Pages | 363 |
| ISBN | 91-0-010726-3 |
The English translation, The Faculty of Dreams, by Deborah Bragan-Turner, was nominated in March 2019 for the Man Booker International Prize.[4]
