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Karin tidbeck amatka5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Amy Brady and Adam Morgan discuss Tidbeck’s unique brand of worldconjuring, her Scandinavian influences, and how successfully she incorporates elements of mystery, surrealism, and poetry.Īmy Brady: When Vanja first arrives at the Amatka colony, I wondered where we were in time and space. But beneath the city’s peaceful veneer, long-held secrets are beginning to surface that could destroy everything. In this edition, Amy Brady and Adam Morgan explore the dark, surreal novel Amatka, by the Swedish master of weird fiction, Karin Tidbeck.įirst introduced to English readers by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (via her short story collection, Jagannath), Karin Tidbeck’s novel Amatka follows an investigator named Vanja who travels to the frigid colony of Amatka, where language - both written and spoken-has immense power. ![]() Double Take is a literary criticism series in which two readers tackle a highly-anticipated book’s innermost themes, successes, failures, trappings, and surprises. ![]()
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