Self-control
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Mikhail Iliatov - Cover Design
- Kinsella, Seán - Contributor
Publication
2012 - Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign, Illinois
Language
English
Translation of: Selvbeherskelse
Word Count
38,500 words, Guess
Page Count
154 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25340007M
- ISBN-139781564788139
- OCLC Control Number783161163
- OCLC Control Numberselfcontrol0000ster
- Library of Congress Control Number2012020820
Classifications
- DDC839.82/374
- LCCPT8951.29.A39 S4513 2012
Alternate Titles
- Selvbeherskelse
Description
The second volume in Stig Sæterbakken’s loosely connected “S Trilogy,” Self-Control moves from the dark portrait of codependent marriage featured in the acclaimed Siamese to a world of solitary loneliness and repression. A middle-aged man, Andreas Feldt, feeling that he is unable to communicate with his adult daughter over the course of a friendly lunch, announces on an inexplicable whim that he is going to get a divorce. Though his daughter is initially shocked, she quickly assimilates this information and all returns to normal. Faced with this virtual invisibility—for no matter what actions he takes, the world seems to take no notice—Andreas is cut adrift from the certainties of his life and forced to navigate through a society where it seems virtually everyone is only one loss of self-control away from an explosion of dissatisfaction and rage.
Description
"A middle-aged man, Andreas Feldt, feeling that he is unable to communicate with his adult daughter over the course of a friendly lunch, announces on an inexplicable whim that he is going to get a divorce. Though his daughter is initially shocked, she quickly assimilates this information and all returns to normal. Faced with this virtual invisibility-for no matter what actions he takes, the world seems to take no notice-Andreas is cut adrift from the certainties of his life and forced to navigate through a society where it seems virtually everyone is only one loss of self-control away from an explosion of dissatisfaction and rage."--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Norwegian Literature Series
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