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"A searing masterwork of Northern European literature. The retrieval of Doctor Glas in English is a bracing gift to hungry readers" Susan Sontag
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's quite funny that Söderberg is best known around the world for this novel - in Sweden he is most known for his short stories, which are seen as the finest examples of the form written in that language. But he uses the same style in all his fiction - very controlled, no unnecessary words. And he writes very gently about the ironies of life, and gives some of the best descriptions of Stockholm to be found anywhere in fiction. Anything he wrote is well worth reading!
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A Swedish friend of mine recommended Söderberg to me, as the best Swedish writer of the fin-de-siecle. I have just finished reading it, I would enhance his opinion by saying Söderberg is one of the best fin-de-siecle writers, period. I will not go into depths here, I will only say that this short novel is written in diary form, and that the author displays an amazing control of form and style. It is exquisitely written. I was reading it at the same time as I was reading Kafka's "The Trial", and Kafka did not benefit from comparison.
Enter the dangerously rational mind of Doctor Glas.
Enter the dangerously rational mind of Doctor Glas.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a superb book. Captivating, thought provoking, and unlike many novels from yesteryear, still very relevant today. I cannot understand the reviewer who found in "unengaging". The liberal ideologies it proposes are extreme even by todays standards and it is little wonder that this book was banned in its day.
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A psychodrama to be remembered
I wish I had read Doctor Glas when I was younger. I think nineteen would have been a good age. I remember I took advantage of a rather content-light summer term syllabus to catch... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Melmoth
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I ordered this book late on the 25th of October and on the 27th it arrived in the post! Great turn around time and the item itself while second hand was in great condition. Read more
Published 18 months ago by pasquaj
Unengaging
Summary sounded interesting, but the book itself was written in an unengaging way. True literature is often like that, though. (DNF)
Published on 24 Sep 2004 by Ez
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