{"product_id":"valerie-or-the-faculty-of-dreams-a-novel-paperback","title":"Valerie: Or, the Faculty of Dreams: A Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Stridsberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Bragan-Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fever dream of a novel--strangely funny, entirely unconventional--\u003ci\u003eValerie \u003c\/i\u003econjures the life, mind, and art of American firebrand Valerie Solanas\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn April 1988, Valerie Solanas--the writer, radical feminist, author of the \u003ci\u003eSCUM Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e and would-be assassin of Andy Warhol--was discovered dead at fifty-two in her hotel room, in a grimy corner of San Francisco, alone, penniless, and surrounded by the typed pages of her last writings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eValerie\u003c\/i\u003e, a nameless narrator revisits the room where Solanas died, the courtroom where she was tried and convicted of attempting to murder Andy Warhol, the Georgia wastelands where she spent her childhood and was repeatedly raped by her father and beaten by her alcoholic grandfather, and the mental hospitals where she was shut away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA leading feminist in Sweden and one of the most acclaimed writers in Scandinavia, Sara Stridsberg here blurs the boundaries between history and fiction, self-making and storytelling, madness and art, love and tragedy. Through imagined conversations and monologues, reminiscences and rantings, she reconstructs this most intriguing and enigmatic of women, reaching back in time to amplify her voice and bring her powerful, heartbreaking story into new light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Stridsberg \u003c\/b\u003eis an internationally acclaimed writer and playwright. Her fiction and nonfiction books have been translated into more than twenty languages. A former member of the Swedish Academy, she is a leading feminist and artist in her native Sweden and around the world. \u003ci\u003eValerie\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book to be published in the US. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Bragan-Turner\u003c\/b\u003e has a degree in Scandinavian languages from the University College London. She translates Swedish literature, particularly literary fiction and biographies.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397651087538,"sku":"9781250619594","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/019bb5157dab9ad329505c2e8ec467f3.webp?v=1778035617","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/valerie-or-the-faculty-of-dreams-a-novel-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}