Queen (Faber Editions)

Name: Queen (Faber Editions)
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ISBN: 9780571393633

Introduced by Sarah Moss

Birgitta Trotzig, Sarah Moss, Saskia Vogel

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Faber & Faber
26 May 2026

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Faber Editions

Lose yourself in this tumultuous Swedish family saga, introduced by Sarah Moss ('a masterpiece')

In these parts, they called her Queen. And she was queen of rags, of sagging mouldering roofs, of nothing.

On a bleak, windswept farm on the coast of rural Sweden, where the misty white light is as 'mute as the blind milk of membrane around an extinguished eye', beneath the oppressive silence, the salt spray and the grind of daily farmwork, a passionate, yearning, unspoken human drama takes place.

At the centre of this story is Judit Lindgren, known as the 'Queen', strong as a whip, stately and stern. She holds her little realm tight, eking out a hard life, buttoning her emotions, dealing with the inadequacies of her menfolk, until the surprise arrival of a Polish widow from New York upends her carefully balanced world and offers the possibility of redemption.

'Fear, rage, love, resentment: the full range of human emotion is here . . . A story fuelled by inevitability and cold beauty.' Sarah Moss

By: Birgitta Trotzig
Introduction by: Sarah Moss
Translated by: Saskia Vogel
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9780571393633
ISBN 10: 0571393632
Series: Faber Editions
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 26 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Birgitta Trotzig (1929-2011) was born in Gothenburg. After marrying artist and sculptor Ulf Trotzig in 1949, and becoming involved in the lively community of the Valand School of Fine Arts, she moved first to Italy then Paris from 1955 to 1969. One of Sweden's most celebrated authors of fiction, prose poetry and essays on art and politics, she was the recipient of numerous literary prizes, she was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. Trotzig died in Lund in 2011.