The Faculty of Dreams

Brilliant, multi-layered, thrilling ... a burning love letter with icy observation at its core - Svenska Dagbladet Stridsberg's evocation of Valerie Solanas conjures images that are poetic and enchanting - Dagens Nyheter Stridsberg excels in mixing documented facts with a liberated fiction in a feverish, vibrant prose - Nordic Council Award The thrilling spectacle, the muscles and bone, of a vibrant, living text ... This novel of rare strength unleashes an irresistible seduction - Le Monde Impressive and bewitching, The Faculty of Dreams is unquestionably one of the revelations of the publishing season - Le Magazine litte raire At once a hagiography, an exercise in admiration and a portrait of a marginal America, this passionate novel reveals the fate of the woman who wanted to shoot Andy Warhol - Lire Urgent and poetic. ... fascinating literature - Bayerischer Rundfunk Stridsberg's language is brilliant; feverish yet clear. The depiction of the milieus of American workers, academics and artists from the 1940s to the 1980s is superb, but at the centre is the tender yet razor-sharp insight into the mind of a limitlessly fascinating individual - Deutschland Radio Kultur