• ISBN13: 9780857422354
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull
• Publication Date: February 15, 2015
• Pages: 192
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 318 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

About the Book In contemporary Norwegian fiction Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely personal; it can be difficult to separate the fiction from Espedal's own experiences. Against Nature , a companion volume to Espedal's earlier Against Art , is an examination of factory work, love's labor, and the work of writing. Espedal dwells on the notion that working is required in order to live in compliance with society, but is this natural? And how can it be natural when he is drawn toward impossible things--impossible love, books, myths, and taboos? He is drawn into the stories of Ab lard and H lo se, of young Marguerite Duras and her Chinese lover, and soon realizes that he, too, is turning into a person who must choose to live against nature.
"A masterpiece of literary understatement. Everybody who has recently been thirsting for a new, unexhausted realism, like water in the desert, will love this book."-- Die Zeit , on the Norwegian edition

Anderson, James: - James Anderson's literary translations from the Norwegian include several books by Tomas Espedal and Thorvald Steen.

Espedal, Tomas: -

Tomas Espedal is the author of several novels and prose collections, including Bergeners, Against Art, Against Nature, both published by Seagull Books.