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Kallocain

Name: Kallocain
Author: Karin Boye

Dystopian novel by Karin Boye

Written workliterary workQ1722517

Author: Karin Boye
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-24
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Released: 1940
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-03-29
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: Swedish
Genre: diary
, science fiction

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Kallocain is a 1940 dystopian novel by Swedish novelist Karin Boye that envisions a future of drab terror. Seen through the eyes of the idealistic scientist Leo Kall, Kallocain is a depiction of a totalitarian world state. An important aspect of the novel is the relationships and connections between the various characters, such as the marriage of the main character and his wife, Linda Kall, and the feelings of jealousy and suspicion that may arise in a society with heavy surveillance and legal uncertainty.

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KKallocain1981 · TV show aired in 1981

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Title: Kallocain
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Sources
1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-04-24
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La Kallocaïne
Kallocain
Country of origin: Sweden
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: countries with 70 years pma or shorter
Form of creative work: novel
Nominations: Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel(2016) awarded for period: 1941
Has version, edition or translation: Q126711864 language: Swedish
Part of: Karin Boye bibliography

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