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Dr Glas (Paperback)

by Hjalmar Soderberg (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Reprint edition (Aug 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385722672
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385722674
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.7 x 0.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 299,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


About the Author

Hjalmar Soderberg, 1869-1941, was a civil servant and then a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. His novels include Martin Birck's Youth (1901), Doctor Glas (1905) - widely regarded as his masterpiece - and The Serious Game (1912). Soderberg's play Gertrud (1906) was made into a film by Carl Dreyer. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A discovery., 22 Jan 2003
By E. Dibego "byronic22" (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doctor Glas (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.

*****

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best Swedish writers, 22 Jul 2007
This review is from: Doctor Glas (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!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars superb, 25 Dec 2008
This review is from: Doctor Glas (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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1.0 out of 5 stars 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 Erin Horgan

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