From one of the greatest Norwegian authors of the twentieth century, comes a collection of spare, biting stories of people caught between reality and expectation, hope and despair, love and longing.
A man and a woman in a quiet, remote house, an old man on a park bench, an estranged brother in a railway café -- Kjell Askildsen's characters are surrounded by absence. Filled with disquiet, and longing, they walk to a fjord, they smoke, they drink on a veranda, they listen to conversations that drift through open windows. Small flashes like the promise of a sunhat, a nail in a cherry tree, or a raised flag, reveal the interminable space between desire and reality in which Askildsen's characters are forever suspended. Widely recognized as one of the greatest modern short-story writers, with unadorned prose and a dark humor, Askildsen captures life as it really is, the worlds of his characters uncanny mirrors of our own.
Product details
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Attribute value |
Author
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Askildsen, Kjell |
Dimensions
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145 x 171 x 22 mm |
Imprint
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Archipelago |
ISBN
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9781939810946 |
Language
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English |
Media type
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Paperback |
Original title
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Everything Like Before: Stories |
Page count
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275 |
Product no
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9781939810946 |
Publish date
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2021-04-27 |
Publisher
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Penguin Random House US |
RRP List price
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21.00 USD |
Weight
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363 g |