Free Downloads Games Of The Night And Other Writings (Quartet Encounters)
Book by Dagerman, Stig
Series: Quartet Encounters
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Quartet Books; Reprint edition (April 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0704300249
ISBN-13: 978-0704300248
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 7.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Of the Dagerman books that I have managed to find in English (a considerable difficulty) this one raks among the best (I've yet to read A Burnt Child). Dagerman's work is incredibly dark, and the simple vocabulary of the story takes on darkened tones akin to some of the films of Ingmar Bergam (such as Through a Glass Darkly). While heavy usage of metaphor and simile makes Dagerman's style something of a chore to get through, the end is rewarding, in that one gets a clear picture of a lost conciousness trying to interpret the immediate post-war world. In more than one way Dagerman echos the french existentialists, notably Albert Camus (The Fall). As American film noir of the 1950s expressesed the pent-up depression of the 1930s and the post-war confusion of the 1950s in the US, so Dagerman's work appears to confront a country forced into change by external forces.
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