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Autore |
Dagerman Stig <1923-1954.> |
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Titolo |
Island of the doomed [[electronic resource] /] / Stig Dagerman ; foreword by J. M. G. Le Cløzio ; translated by Laurie Thompson |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st U.S. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Germanic literature |
Germanic fiction |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Originally published in Swedish as De domdas o by Norstedts, Sweden, in 1946; copyright 1946 Stig Dagerman." |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword: The Star of Myself; THE CASTAWAYS; The Thirst of Dawn; The Paralysis of Morning; The Hunger of Day; The Sorrow of Sunset; The Obedience of Twilight; The Longing of Evening; The Fires of Night; THE STRUGGLE OVER THE LION |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the summer of 1946, while secluded in August Strindberg's small cabin in the Stockholm archipelago, Stig Dagerman wrote Island of the Doomed . This novel was unlike any other yet seen in Sweden and would establish him as the country's brightest literary star. To this day it is a singular work of fiction-a haunting tale that oscillates around seven castaways as they await their inevitable death on a desert island populated by blind gulls and hordes of iguanas. At the center of the island is a poisonous lagoon, where a strange fish swims in circles and devours anything in its path. As we are |
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