Background
P. C. Jersild was born in Katrineholm in a middle-class family, his first book was Räknelära which he released 1960 at the age of 25, although he had already been writing for 10 years at that time.
( In House of Babel (Babels Hus), the experience of a hea...)
In House of Babel (Babels Hus), the experience of a heart attack victim illustrates the depersonalization and outrageous cost of medical treatment today. Formerly a doctor, P.C. Jersild brings a powerful realism to his picture of a modern hospital. His literary gifts are apparent in a narrative that maintains dramatic intensity while it suggests solutions to an urgent social problem. This edition marks the novel's first appearance in English.
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P. C. Jersild was born in Katrineholm in a middle-class family, his first book was Räknelära which he released 1960 at the age of 25, although he had already been writing for 10 years at that time.
Doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1999. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Uppsala, Sweden, 2000.
He also holds an honorary doctorate in medicine from Uppsala University, and another one in engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (1999). Until now he has written 35 books, usually focused on social criticism. His most famous work is Barnens ö (Children"s Island), which tells the story of a young boy, on the verge of adulthood, who runs off from a children"s summer camp to spend time alone in the big city, Stockholm.
Another book worth mentioning is Babels hus (The House of Babel) which gives an account of the inhuman treatment of patients at a large modern hospital, said to be modeled on the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, outside Stockholm.
Aside from his literary production, Jersild has also been a columnist for Dagens Nyheter since the mid-1980s.
( In House of Babel (Babels Hus), the experience of a hea...)
(The decorative dustjacket adds much to this vintage hardc...)
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In 1999, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Married Ulla Flyxe, October 22, 1960. Children: Jonas, Mattias.