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A Sudden Liberating Thought

Part of the Series B: English Translations of Works of Scandinavian Literature series
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The first English translation of Askildsen's best writing from a 40-year period.

Askildsen (b. 1929) first came to prominence in Norwegian literature in the 1950s with his Kafkaesque accounts of alienated individuals in a hostile environment.

His reputation has grown since and he is now recognized as a major author.

A recent translation of Askildsen's writing into French invited comparison with Beckett.

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Norvik Press
1870041240 / 9781870041249
Paperback
01/03/1994
United Kingdom
240 pages
140 x 190 mm, 313 grams
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