Voices from the Edge: Crisis, care and fragmented identities

Sara Stridsberg’s The Gravity of Love (translated from Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner, MacLehose Press) tells the story at once, of a father and daughter, as well as the story of Beckomberga, the former mental institution which connects the pair. Sara Stridsberg’s novels consistently explore themes of mental illness, institutionalisation, the role and position of women, the archetype of the «outsider» and complex family dynamics.