Askildsen, Kjell
Everything Like Before: Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
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- ISBN 13:
- 9780241508251
- author:
- Askildsen, Kjell
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.4 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Askildsen's dry, absurd humour is reminiscent of Beckett's style. His short stories are packed with irony and sharp dialogue.
Spare, taut and told with flashes of pitch-black humour, these tales capture the strangeness of modern existence. Unnerving encounters occur, lonely individuals try to connect, families and relationships are fractured, and life's fragility is revealed in all its absurdity.
Full of compelling strangeness, lives surge through a few brittle pages, suppressed loves and resentments threaten to erupt. A thought-provoking selection of tales from Norwegian master Kjell Askildsen.
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