 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
MEMOIRS OF A DEAD MAN
|
| By: |
Hjalmar Bergman, Neil Smith (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£10.95 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1870041658 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781870041652 |
| Publisher: |
NORVIK PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2007 |
| Series: |
Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature No. 37 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Translated from: |
Swedish |
| Description: |
Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931) is widely regarded as one of the foremost Swedish novelists of the 20th century. 'Memoirs of a Dead Man', first published in 1918, follows the efforts of Jan Arnberg, the 'dead man' of the title, to escape the curse that has plagued his family for generations. |
| Synopsis: |
Hjalmar Bergman (1883-1931) is widely regarded as one of the foremost Swedish novelists of the twentieth century. Memoirs of a Dead Man, first published in 1918, follows the efforts of Jan Arnberg, the 'dead man' of the title, to escape the curse that has bound the fate of his family to that of the Arnfelts for generations. The earlier efforts of Jan's father to break free by moving to America foundered in a parody of consumer society and advertising slogans. Jan's own story culminates when he has to flee a small-town scandal in Sweden and ends up in a symbolic kingdom of death in Hamburg, where the family curse is played out once more, and where he comes to realize that abdication from free will is his only option. Although apparently realistic to begin with, Bergman's novel shifts towards a theatrical, dreamlike world of repetitions and refractions in which the fates of his characters are predetermined and acted out in a macabre mixture of comedy and nightmare. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Norvik Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|