by Dag Solstad (Author), Dag Solstad (Author), Tiina Nunnally (Translator)
The new novel in English from one of Norway's most celebrated writers.
T Singer confronts indomitable loneliness in Solstad's classic, heartbreaking yet darkly comic style.
'A kind of surrealistic writer... Serious literature' Haruki Murakami
'Mad, sad and funny... Thrilling' Geoff Dyer
Singer, a thirty-four-year-old recently trained librarian, arrives by train in the small town of Notodden to begin a new and anonymous life. He falls in love with Merete, a ceramicist, and moves in with her and her young daughter. After a few years together, the relationship starts to falter, and as the couple is on the verge of separating a car accident prompts a dramatic change in Singer's life...
'An utterly hypnotic writer' James Wood
'Solstad is expert in delineating the absurdities of existence...' Sunday Times
Winner of the Norwegian Critics Prize
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: 2
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 30 May 2019
ISBN 10: 1784703060
ISBN 13: 9781784703066
Book Overview: 'A kind of surrealist writer' (Haruki Murakami), who 'doesn't write to please other people' (Lydia Davis). T Singer is the new novel in English from one of Norway's most celebrated writers, proving 'good literature makes us wiser about life, ourselves and other people' (Dagbladet).