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Engagement

By Gun-Britt Sundström

Engagement Contemporary literature

Engagement

By Gun-Britt Sundström

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A feminist cult classic about love, independence and what it means to be an individual, translated into English for the first time 'I want to have him, I really do. I just don't want him to have me.' Martina and Gustav, students in 1970s Stockholm, meet and fall immediately into coupledom. But what is coupledom? A route to marriage? A declaration of co-dependency? A new dimension of commitment and responsibility? A sexual confrontation? Or is it a habit that an intelligent person must consider breaking? Martina and Gustav discuss their relationship endlessly, between themselves and with others, as they try to make it work. Engagement, set during a time of social change and political upheaval, sees Martina trying to engage with the world on her own terms. Unwilling to marry, she finds herself in a state of permanent engagement while her friends settle down to marriage and children; uncertain of the world's future, she engages with demos, sit-ins and philosophy seminars in her quest for a new blueprint for joy. First published in 1976, when it was heralded as an instant classic, Engagement remains as relevant, hilarious and heartbreaking today.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
512
Release Date:
2025-07-03
Publication Date:
2025-07-03
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0241688124
ISBN13:
9780241688120
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
473 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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