Breaking Boundaries through the Body: Love, Monogamy, and Heteropessimism in Fredrik Backman’s Fiction

2025/01/01 by Emily Fuller · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Themes in Literature Analysis #Modernist Literature and Criticism #Crime and Detective Fiction Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.70138/lxct2122

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Introduction: The Body in Love Fredrik Backman’s fiction has been lauded for its depictions of the human experience, particularly in relation to love and romance, and how it intersects with gender, sexuality, and ageing. As a contemporary Swedish author, his oeuvre offers critical depictions of the family and heterosexual monogamy, particularly when constructed under the

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