Armand V. : footnotes to an unexcavated novel /
Solstad, Dag, 1941-
Armand V. : footnotes to an unexcavated novel / Dag Solstad ; translated by Steven T. Murray. - 218 pages ; 21 cm
"A New Directions Book."
"Armand is a diplomat rising through the ranks of the Norwegian foreign office, but he's caught between his public duty to support foreign wars in the Middle East and his private disdain for Western intervention. He hides behind knowing, ironic statements, which no one grasps and which change nothing. Armand's son joins the Norwegian SAS to fight in the Middle East, despite being specifically warned against such a move by his father, and this leads to catastrophic, heartbreaking consequences. Told exclusively in footnotes to an unwritten book, this is Solstad's radically unconventional novel about how we experience the passing of time: how it fragments, drifts, quickens, and how single moments can define a life"--
First published in Norwegian as Armand V. : fotnoter til en uutgravd roman.
9780811226288 081122628X
2018002147
Diplomats--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Norway--Fiction.
Middle East--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Armand V. : footnotes to an unexcavated novel / Dag Solstad ; translated by Steven T. Murray. - 218 pages ; 21 cm
"A New Directions Book."
"Armand is a diplomat rising through the ranks of the Norwegian foreign office, but he's caught between his public duty to support foreign wars in the Middle East and his private disdain for Western intervention. He hides behind knowing, ironic statements, which no one grasps and which change nothing. Armand's son joins the Norwegian SAS to fight in the Middle East, despite being specifically warned against such a move by his father, and this leads to catastrophic, heartbreaking consequences. Told exclusively in footnotes to an unwritten book, this is Solstad's radically unconventional novel about how we experience the passing of time: how it fragments, drifts, quickens, and how single moments can define a life"--
First published in Norwegian as Armand V. : fotnoter til en uutgravd roman.
9780811226288 081122628X
2018002147
Diplomats--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Norway--Fiction.
Middle East--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.