In a Norwegian coastal town, society's carefully woven threads begin to unravel when an unsettling stranger named Johan Nagel arrives. With an often brutal insight into human nature, Nagel draws out the townsfolk, exposing their darkest instincts and suppressed desires. At once arrogant and unassuming, righteous and depraved, Nagel's bizarre behavior and feverish rants seduces the entire community even as he turns it on its head—before disappearing as suddenly as he had arrived.
Mysteries
ISBN: 0374530297
ISBN 13: 9780374530297
Publication Date: August 08, 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Authors: Knut Hamsun, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Gerry Bothmer, Sven Birkerts