Description
| Product ID: | 9781909408326 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Short Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Hjalmar Soederberg, Carl Lofmark |
| Page Count: | 162 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The twenty-six stories included in this volume are taut, economical in structure, precisely observed and laced with irony. The twenty-six stories included in this volume are taut, economical in structure, precisely observed and laced with irony. They include some of his most popular and well known stories: A Dog without a Master, a meditation upon a godless existence, The Fur Coat, in which a borrowed garment reveals an adulterous secret, and The Chinese, with its delicate depiction of loneliness and isolation. Shining through all the stories is Söderberg’s clear-sighted affection for Stockholm, in all its moods – it is only too easy to see why Söderberg is regarded as one of the foremost chroniclers of the city. "These are marvellous little pieces [...] full of wise and witty thoughts about religion and other forms of nonsense, and they have been efficiently translated and informatively introduced." "Carl Lofmark has done valuable service by providing a modern English translation of many of Söderberg’s stories, and a first English translation of others." |
| Imprint Name: | Norvik Press |
| Publisher Name: | Norvik Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-27 |