{"product_id":"kallocain-paperback-2","title":"Kallocain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarin Boye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid McDuff\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid McDuff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic World War II-era dystopian novel, written at the midpoint between \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, in its first new translation in more than fifty years \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeo Kall is a zealous middle-ranking scientist in the totalitarian World State who has just made a thrilling discovery: a new drug, Kallocain, that will force anyone who takes it to tell the truth. At last, criminality will be dragged out into the open and private thought can finally be outlawed. But can the World State be trusted with Kallocain? For that matter, can Kall himself be trusted? Written as the terrible events of World War II were unfolding, Karin Boye's classic dystopian novel speaks more clearly than ever of the dangers of acquiescence and the power of resistance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Boye \u003c\/b\u003e(1900-1941) was a Swedish poet and anti-fascist who translated \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e into Swedish. After undergoing psychoanalysis in Berlin, she left her husband and formed a lifelong relationship with another woman, Margot Hanel. Her most famous book, \u003ci\u003eKallocain\u003c\/i\u003e, was partly inspired by eye-opening trips to Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Boye died by suicide the year after writing it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid McDuff \u003c\/b\u003e(translation and introduction) is the translator of the Penguin Classics editions of Dostoyevsky's \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Isaac Babel's short stories.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241194766585,"sku":"9780241608302","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eUwwbVNmOHlRWWswT01HY0tIY0Q4dz09_c3db9ac7-64ab-4f42-8699-a7f90b06b518.webp?v=1768579992","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/kallocain-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}