Dag Solstad ( born July 16, 1941 in Sandefjord, Norway) is a Norwegiannovelist, short-storywriter, and dramatist whose work has been translated into several languages. He has written nearly 30 books and is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics’ Award three times. July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sandefjord is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... The short story is a form of short fictional narrative prose. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ...
He is considered by many to be Norway's top-ranking author as regards his ability to describe the contemporary consciousness and his early works were particularly controversial.
In his book '16 June 1941', he tells the story in the first-person narrative, of his long, prolific walks through Berlin. However, the story is at the same time a journey in pursuit of a father-son relationship.
'T Singer' is a story about a 34 year old librarian who seeks to leave Oslo to seek a satisfying and anonymous life in a smaller town. He marries a single mother and at first feels contented in his invisible role as husband and stepfather. However, after two years, Singer files for divorce before she is killed in a car accident. He returns to Oslo with his stepdaughter where they live together but lead separate lives. Singer broods and becomes very alone yet feels content in the fact that he has chosen an enigmatic lifestyle. This book contain philosophical and existential observations of someone seeking to authenticate their identity through chosen isolation rather than social integration.
Shyness and Dignity is, in part, also a social-political novel, as Solstad is deeply concerned with the state of affairs of contemporary Norwegian society, as he clearly sees Norway as a shallow, self-satisfied country.
Solstad frequently also uses literature as a reference point: the socially critical Ibsen, for one, but then also noting that, for example, Rukla's favourite reading is of "novels of the 1920s" (broadly interpreted by him).
Solstad smoothly transitions from phase to phase of Rukla’s reminiscing, beginning with his friendship with Philosophy Ph.D. candidtate, Johan Corneliussen and the discussions they would have about culture, politics, sports, literature, etc. that would last for days at a time.
Solstad nicely shows all of this, when it would be so much easier to simply tell it as events of the past.
Solstad does have a reason, though, for doing this and it isn’t simply to get the reader to envision their own perfect physical female specimen.
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