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The Scapegoat

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The Scandinavian imagination seems obsessed with the concept of guilt - an obsession Norwegian novelist Borgen appears to fully share. This novel's main character, Matias Roos, is a splintered personality obsessed by frontiers, guilty of an unspecified crime, and in search of a path of atonement. The book begins as an interior monologue but rapidly becomes a bewildering dialogue between ""I"" and ""he"" in which Roos both describes his actions and passes judgement on them; the boundary between Roos' personae is fluid and permeable, but until the dÃ©nouement, dialogue between them is intentionally confusing as to voice, plot, and reality...Borgen skillfully fuses modernist techniques and more traditional obsessions in a work refulgent with contemporary angst if not indeed with ancient fire and brimstone."" - Booklist. ""A seminal and fascinating text"" - Choice.

Language: English

Pages: 187

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Norvik Press

Release: March 10, 1994

ISBN: 1870041216

ISBN 13: 9781870041218

The Scapegoat

0/5 ( ratings)

The Scandinavian imagination seems obsessed with the concept of guilt - an obsession Norwegian novelist Borgen appears to fully share. This novel's main character, Matias Roos, is a splintered personality obsessed by frontiers, guilty of an unspecified crime, and in search of a path of atonement. The book begins as an interior monologue but rapidly becomes a bewildering dialogue between ""I"" and ""he"" in which Roos both describes his actions and passes judgement on them; the boundary between Roos' personae is fluid and permeable, but until the dÃ©nouement, dialogue between them is intentionally confusing as to voice, plot, and reality...Borgen skillfully fuses modernist techniques and more traditional obsessions in a work refulgent with contemporary angst if not indeed with ancient fire and brimstone."" - Booklist. ""A seminal and fascinating text"" - Choice.

Language: English

Pages: 187

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Norvik Press

Release: March 10, 1994

ISBN: 1870041216

ISBN 13: 9781870041218

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