“My eyes being set on her to whom my mindWas altogether subject and in prison:”
(Dante, Commedia, Purgatory, Canto XVIII)
Johan’s relationship with Cecilia was built on a shared political faith with its roots in the student rebellion of 1968 and the protest movement against the Vietnam War. But he loses his faith and without it, they were just two people living together in an equally dull and modern working-class suburb.
He resumes his studies while working night-shifts at a big Stockholm newspaper. Cecilia starts dreaming of starting a family and having a child, but Johan falls in love with another woman who rejects his feelings, sending him out on a long wandering through his personal Purgatory.
Then his father dies, deepening his crisis. He leaves Cecilia and moves in with his mother to support her. He drops out of politics and tries to focus on his studies, but his mind flutters. This is also the year when he turns 30, a number that scares him. A third of his life has passed. What is he going to do with the remaining two thirds? He is stuck.
Love and Revolution follows a young man during the mid-1980s as he searches for true love and a meaningful life.
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The first volume of Love and Revolution will be published on Substack, as an ebook, in paperback, and in hardcover. The ensuing volumes will follow over the coming months. The books will also be available on Amazon.com or your local Amazon site.
