Death of a Housewife and Other Texts

Sara Danius is an iconic figure in contemporary Swedish culture: professor of aesthetics and literary studies, member of the Swedish Academy and the first woman permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, cultural journalist and author of several major scientific works.... For over twenty years, she has regularly written essays on a wide range of topics for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter and other publications. Literature and philosophy, art glass and ceramics, fashion and fashion photography are just some of her topics. All of Sara Danius's texts, regardless of the subject of the study, are distinguished by their depth of analysis, precision and accuracy of formulations, clarity and ease of style, a combination of a broad perspective with attention to the smallest details and, of course, humor, and therefore they will be of interest to a wide audience.