Tag: Lydia Sandgren


  • Beauvoir and the Moral Burden of Care: Lydia Sandgren on Children Caring for Parents

    Beauvoir and the Moral Burden of Care: Lydia Sandgren on Children Caring for Parents

    Beauvoir and the ethical moment Lydia Sandgren’s reading of Simone de Beauvoir’s Avled stilla (Une mort très douce) reframes a private family tragedy as a universal ethical dilemma. The Swedish edition’s blunt, spare prose points toward a question Beauvoir wrestled with: when does a child’s moral obligation to a parent begin, and what does it…

  • Beauvoir’s Avled Stilla: Sandgren on children’s moral duty

    Beauvoir’s Avled Stilla: Sandgren on children’s moral duty

    Beauvoir’s quiet anatomy of dying Simone de Beauvoir’s Une mort très douce (Avled stilla in Swedish) is not a melodrama about the moment of death, but a precise, unflinching examination of what happens to family bonds when aging and illness intrude on everyday life. Lydia Sandgren’s recent reflections bring this 1960s meditation into a contemporary…

  • Lydia Sandgrens Nya Roman: En Djupdykning i Göteborgs Akademiska Värld

    Lydia Sandgrens Nya Roman: En Djupdykning i Göteborgs Akademiska Värld

    Introduktion till Sandgrens Nya Verk Lydia Sandgren, författaren bakom den prisbelönta debutromanen “Samlade verk”, återvänder med en ny, storslagen roman som nu sträcker sig över 777 sidor. Hennes nya verk fortsätter att utforska den komplexa och kulturella världen i Göteborg, och många läsare har ställt sig frågan: Kan en roman som är längre än den…

  • Exploring Lydia Sandgren’s New Novel: A Closer Look

    Exploring Lydia Sandgren’s New Novel: A Closer Look

    Introduction Lydia Sandgren, acclaimed for her debut novel “Samlade verk,” returns with an even heftier follow-up that delves deeper into the cultural and academic landscapes of Göteborg. With a page count that has swelled from 689 to an impressive 777, her new work promises to be both rich and nuanced, raising the question: can the…

  • A Deep Dive into Lydia Sandgren’s New Novel

    A Deep Dive into Lydia Sandgren’s New Novel

    Introduction to Lydia Sandgren’s Literary Journey Lydia Sandgren, a Swedish author known for her compelling storytelling, follows up her acclaimed debut “Samlade verk” with an even more ambitious tome. Spanning 777 pages, her new novel continues to explore the intricate world of academia and culture in Gothenburg. But as it dives deeper into these themes,…