The semi-autobiographical novel “Kris” by Karin Boye was released in 1934. Malin Forst, a twenty-year-old student in Stockholm in the 1920s shares insights into her thinking in this work. As she begins to feel something for a female student. Malin struggles with a serious religious dilemma. Aside from cultural conventions, the work analyzes topics of love, self-discovery, and the pursuit of truth.