Description
An aging tile-layer, Torsten Bergman, arrives at an unfinished suburban villa to complete a job no one seems to be checking—only the work, the quiet hours, and the steady rhythm of his craft. As he lays tiles, he drifts through memory and speculation, weighing what remains of his past and what might still be waiting in the future, while the mysterious Sophie K., absent from the upstairs flat, haunts his thoughts. What begins as a simple afternoon of labor gradually turns uneasy and existential, as Torsten confronts the possibility that his careful work may be both necessary and futile. With the spare, luminous intensity associated with Lars Gustafsson—often compared to the universality of Beckett—this novel transforms ordinary routine into a meditation on time, purpose, and the strange knock of meaning at the door.
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paperback
New Pub. Corp.
Published Jan 1, 1993
117 pages
ISBN: 9780811212403
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First Published
1993
Language
eng
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