Kallocain

German, Karin Boye, 2025
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What happens when thoughts are no longer free - a rediscovery from Sweden: the great dystopian novel by Karin Boye, first published in 1940, is more relevant than ever.
Chemist Leo Kall has found a way into the souls of his fellow citizens with a truth drug. The state's new interrogation method takes control of people. Anti-state thoughts are unmasked, all citizens are brought into line, marriages are usually entered into purely as a marriage of convenience in order to give the state children. But resistance is stirring in secret. Some people seek meaning in life beyond the official doctrine. Leo Kall also begins to have doubts and to question his role as a loyal fellow soldier. Nevertheless, he decides to take a dangerous path. He uses all the force at his disposal to find out whether his wife is having an affair, and does not shy away from a dangerous experiment to do so.

Key specifications

Language
German
Genre
Novels + stories
Author
Karin Boye
Number of pages
288
Book cover
Paperback
Year
2025
Item number
49699420

General information

Publisher
btb
Category
Fiction
Release date
25.9.2024

Book properties

Genre
Novels + stories
Language
German
Author
Karin Boye
Year
2025
Number of pages
288
Edition
1
Book cover
Paperback
Year
2025

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Product dimensions

Height
187 mm
Width
110 mm
Weight
238 g

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