Island of the doomed [[electronic resource] /] / Stig Dagerman ; foreword by J. M. G. Le Cløzio ; translated by Laurie Thompson

• Autore: Dagerman Stig <1923-1954.>
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st U.S. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Disciplina: 839.73/72
• Soggetto topico: Germanic literature; Germanic fiction
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThompsonLaurie
• Note generali: "Originally published in Swedish as De domdas o by Norstedts, Sweden, in 1946; copyright 1946 Stig Dagerman."
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Island of the doomed
• ISBN: 0-8166-8043-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461669503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II