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A review by girlglitch
The Antarctica of Love by Sara Stridsberg
3.0
As you can imagine from the title, The Antarctica of Love is an unrelentingly bleak novel. It's dark and brutal, and ticks off just about every trigger warning you can think of.
But it also has moments of real beauty. The translation is hauntingly poetic: it reads almost like an extended fever dream, suffused with grief, hope and bitter imagery. Stridsberg creates some intense, evolving characters - and I found it fascinating to follow the character development of a narrator who is already dead.
Stark and unique, The Antarctica of Love is an intelligent novel which makes for a bruising read.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*
But it also has moments of real beauty. The translation is hauntingly poetic: it reads almost like an extended fever dream, suffused with grief, hope and bitter imagery. Stridsberg creates some intense, evolving characters - and I found it fascinating to follow the character development of a narrator who is already dead.
Stark and unique, The Antarctica of Love is an intelligent novel which makes for a bruising read.
*Thank you to Netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review*