Beschreibung:
Dag Solstad, geboren 1941 in Sandefjord, gehört zur ersten Garde der norgwegischen Schriftsteller. Seit 1965 Publikationen zahlreicher Romane, Artikel, Theaterstücke, Essays. Zusammen mit Jon Michelet Herausgabe von fünf Büchern über Fußballweltmeisterschaften. Ausgezeichnet 3 x mit dem norwegischen Kritikerpreis, 1987 mit dem Literaturpreis des Nordischen Rates sowie 2004 den Aschehoug-Literaturpreis.
It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. The days pass, and he becomes paralysed by indecision. Desperate for respite, the professor sets off to a local sushi bar, only to find himself face to face with the murderer. Professor Andersen's Night is an unsettling yet highly entertaining novel of apathy, rebellion and morality. In flinty prose, Solstad presents an uncomfortable question: would we, like his cerebral protagonist, do nothing?
It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. The days pass, and he becomes paralysed by indecision. Desperate for respite, the professor sets off to a local sushi bar, only to find himself face to face with the murderer. Professor Andersen's Night is an unsettling yet highly entertaining novel of apathy, rebellion and morality. In flinty prose, Solstad presents an uncomfortable question: would we, like his cerebral protagonist, do nothing?