Berta Funcke

ALASTOR PRESS 

Mathilda Malling (1864–1942, née Kruse) grew up in the Scanian countryside but made early trips to Europe where she also became acquainted with modern literature. Inspired by authors such as Baudelaire, Flaubert and the Goncourt brothers, she began to write herself, under the pseudonym Stella Kleve. Her debut Berta Funcke was met with almost unanimous praise by Swedish critics. This decadent novel, which is as seductively sensual as it is melancholic and nauseating, about a bored and voluptuous young woman was perceived as a product of a sick imagination.

The present edition also contains an afterword by Tobias Dahlkvist about Berta Funcke in a pessimistic tradition of ideas.

Title: Berta Funcke
Author: Stella Kleve
Language: Swedish

Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 171
Published: February 2024

ISBN: 978-91-89633-85-8

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Alastor Press is a Swedish independent publisher with a focus on literature that moves in the dark, esoteric and artistically distinctive. The publisher is known for its careful editions of both classic and contemporary works in areas such as decadence, symbolism, horror and philosophical fiction. With an eye for the obscure and cult, Alastor Press highlights writing that challenges, seduces and lingers.