Iron Lung
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A01=Kirstine Reffstrup
adolescence
Author_Kirstine Reffstrup
Budapest
Category=FBA
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Category=FYT
Copenhagen
Denmark
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fantasy
first world war
gender
historical
hospital
iron lung
literary
medical history
medicine
polio
sexuality
technology
Product details
- ISBN 9781916806047
- Dimensions: 125 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 22 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A girl is struck down by polio during the terrifying epidemic of
the early 1950s. Paralysed and unable to breathe on her own,
she is committed to hospital in Copenhagen and placed in
an iron lung. Forty years earlier, near Budapest, a child grows up in an
orphanage for boys. The child goes by the
name of 'Boy' but is not like the others, as their body seems to
transcend the categories of boy or girl. Between these two
young people, there is a powerful, enigmatic bond that
stretches across time and space.
Kirstine Reffstrup was born in Denmark and lives in Norway. Her first novel, I, Unica, was published to great acclaim in 2016 and was nominated for literary prizes in both Norway and Denmark. Her second novel, Iron Lung, was first published in 2023 and was nominated for the prestigious Politiken Literature Prize. The same year she was awarded Stig Saeterbakken's Memorial Prize.
