| Edition |
First Archipelago Books edition. |
| Description |
vi, 318 pages ; 18 cm |
| Note |
Short stories. |
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First published as Alt som før by Forlaget Oktober. |
| Summary |
"From Kjell Askildsen 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
Translated from the Norwegian. |
| Subject |
Askildsen, Kjell, 1929- -- Translations into English.
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Askildsen, Kjell, 1929- (OCoLC)fst00350776
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Kinsella, Seán (Translator), translator.
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| Added Title |
Alt som før. English
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| ISBN |
9781939810946 (trade paperback) |
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1939810949 (trade paperback) |
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