WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET ATWOOD

'[A] searing masterwork of Northern European literature. The retrieval of Doctor Glas in English is a bracing gift to hungry readers' Susan Sontag

Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister's beautiful wife complains of her husband's oppressive sexual attentions, Doctor Glas finds himself contemplating murder.

Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siecle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession.

A Swedish masterpiece, Doctor Glas is a study of power, morality and obsession that resonates as much today as it did on publication. This new edition marks 150 years since the birth of Hjalmar Soderberg.

About the Author
Hjalmar S-derberg, 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). S-derberg's play Gertrud (1906) was made into a film by Carl Dreyer.

Reviews
[A] searing masterwork of Northern European literature. The retrieval of Doctor Glas in English is a bracing gift to hungry readers -- Susan Sontag
Splendid... Soederberg [is] a marvellous writer * The New Yorker *
[Doctor Glas] not only sketches the light and shadows of its time, but maps territory still being explored by the writers of today. It is a volcano, shaking, about to erupt * The New York Times Book Review *
Elegant, vigorous, and tightly-knit... One of those marvellous books that appears as fresh and vivid now as on the day it was published... It occurs on the cusp of the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, but it opens doors the novel has been opening ever since -- Margaret Atwood, from the introduction



Book Information
ISBN 9781784875480
Author Hjalmar Soderberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Vintage Classics
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 133g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 9mm