Tynset / Wolfgang Hildesheimer ; translated by Jeffrey Castle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hildesheimer, Wolfgang, 1916-1991, author.

Contributor:

Castle, Jeffrey, translator.

Series:

Swiss literature series

Standardized Title:

Tynset. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Insomnia--Fiction.

Insomnia.

Memory--Fiction.

Memory.

Guilt--Fiction.

Guilt.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Fantasy fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 170 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First Dalkey Archive edition.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Tynset takes place during a sleepless night, but as the work unfolds it becomes apparent that the circumstances of the immediate present serve merely as points of departure. Plagued by incessant rumination, the narrator's restless mind spins thread after thread of thought, fantasy, and memory into an elaborate tapestry spanning centuries and covering thousands of miles--all without the narrator ever leaving his house. Hildesheimer famously refused to describe Tynset as a novel; instead, he chose to think of the work as an extended monologue whose structure derives from the musical rondo form, with the recurrence of the titular Norwegian town functioning as a refrain."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in German in 1967 by Fischer Bücherei" -- Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781628971422

1628971428

OCLC:

935986681