From: World Literature Today | Date: September 22, 1994| Author: Clareus, Ingrid | COPYRIGHT 1994 University of Oklahoma. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Kjell Espmark, a professor of literature at Stockholm University, a member of the Swedish Academy, and a poet, has added a fourth title, Lojaliteten (Loyalty), to his series of novels he calls "subhuman comedies," wherein he sharply criticizes certain aspects of modern Sweden. The three earlier novels are Glomskan (Oblivion; 1987), Missforstandet (Misconception; 1989), and Foraktet (Contempt; 1991; see WLT66:4, p. 736).

With the help of his diary, the protagonist Marin Vrede...