Soederberg Hjalmar - Short Stories - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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 iss derberg's clear - sighted affection for Stockholm in all its moods it is only too easy to see whys derberg 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." Rationalist Review" Carl Lofmark has done valuable service by providing a modern English translation of many ofs derberg's stories and a first English translation of others." Swedish Book Review
Title: Short Stories
Author(s): Soederberg Hjalmar
Publisher: Norvik Press
Barcode: 9781909408326
Pages: 162 Pages
Publication Date: 9/30/2016
Category: Classic Fiction