Description
A middle-class man, Bjørn Hansen, decides that the books he wants to read—and the life he wants to live—should finally align with his expectations. As he confides his literary ambitions to a friend and begins to reshape the story of his past, his attempts at control ripple outward, drawing him into awkward conversations, shifting loyalties, and the quiet consequences of self-invention. Dag Solstad’s dry, often nearly imperceptible comedy turns on the gap between what we imagine life will be and what it actually delivers, making room for bitter reflection without resorting to melodrama. At its core, this novel explores authorship of the self, the unreliability of memory, and how our “revisions” affect the people who live alongside us.
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paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2017
224 pages
ISBN: 9781784704988
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First Published
2008
Language
nor
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