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Armand V. : footnotes to an unexcavated novel / Dag Solstad ; translated by Steven T. Murray.

Van Pelt Library PT8951.29.O5 A7613 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Solstad, Dag, 1941-2025, author.
Contributor:
Murray, Steven T., translator.
Standardized Title:
Armand V. English
Language:
English
Norwegian
Subjects (All):
Diplomats--Fiction.
Diplomats.
Choice (Psychology).
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Fathers and sons.
Choice (Psychology)--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Life change events.
Norway--Fiction.
Norway.
Middle East--Fiction.
Middle East.
Genre:
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.
Physical Description:
218 pages ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Language Note:
First published in Norwegian as Armand V. : fotnoter til en uutgravd roman.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes:
"A New Directions Book."
Other Format:
Online version: Solstad, Dag, 1941- Armand V.
ISBN:
9780811226288
081122628X
OCLC:
1029086348

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