Selected Stories
by Kjell Askildsen
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Pub Date May 20 2014 | Archive Date May 20 2014
Columbia University Press | Dalkey Archive Press
Description
A man and a woman in an isolated house, surrounded by nothing, or nearly nothing; besieged by urban desert or actual wilderness, by alcohol, cigarettes, and ghosts; by mothers, fathers, and lovers who have disappeared... Written in a seemingly unadorned style, with flashes of pitch-black humor, Askildsen's devastating stories convey in few words a portrait of life and thought as they are actually experienced, balanced between despair and hope, memories and expectations. He is recognized as one of the greatest Norwegian writers of the twentieth century, and among the greatest short-story authors of all time.
Advance Praise
“Askildsen’s dry, absurd humour is not unlike that of Beckett . . . His short stories are packed with irony, and the dialogue is sharp and expressive.” —Times Literary Supplement
“A great storyteller . . . Sincere, devastating and merciless . . . can be compared to Hemingway and Carver stylistically, and Kafka, Beckett, and Camus thematically.” —El Pais
“No current Norwegian writer can say so much in so few words. No one leaves you with so much food for thought and reflection as Kjell Askildsen . . . I have always had to return to his books. I never finish with them.” —Jahn Otto Johansen, Aftenposten
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781628970289 |
| PRICE | $11.95 (USD) |
