Martin Birck's youth
a novel
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Author
Contributions
- Ellett, Tom. - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Norvik Press, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, England
Language
English
Word Count
37,500 words, Guess
Page Count
150 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3463924M
- ISBN-101870041577
- OCLC Control Number57709684
- OCLC Control Number506527111
- Library of Congress Control Number2005432031
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- Goodreads1179184
- LibraryThing682789
Classifications
- DDC839.73/72
- LCCPT9875.S6 M313 2004
Description
"Hjalmar Soderberg's partly autobiographical second novel was originally published in 1901, and traces the development of the title character from a seemingly idyllic Stockholm childhood to maturity as a thirty-year-old man, an introspective outsider, critical of society, constantly searching for the truth but going through a gradual process of disillusionment. He dreams of being a poet, but is too melancholic to break free from his modest bureaucratic career, and slowly drifts towards nihilism and aestheticism." "Martin Birck's Youth is a book rich in fin-de-siecle themes: melancholy, eroticism and decadence abound. The Stockholm depicted here is a haunting city of shadows and snowstorms, suppressed passion and loneliness. The conflict between dreams and reality which occurs in so many novels of the period is central to the novel."--BOOK JACKET.
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