Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) was regarded as the most talented young writer of the Swedish postwar generation. Among the many works he wrote during his tragically short life is his classic, German Autumn (Minnesota, 2011).
J. M. G. Le Clézio received the Stig Dagerman Award and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008.
Laurie Thompson’s many translations include the works of Henning Mankell, Håkan Nesser, and Mikael Niemi.
Foreword: The Star of Myself
J.M.G. Le Clézio
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
Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) was regarded as the most talented young writer of the Swedish postwar generation. Among the many works he wrote during his tragically short life is his classic, German Autumn (Minnesota, 2011).
J. M. G. Le Clézio received the Stig Dagerman Award and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008.
Laurie Thompson’s many translations include the works of Henning Mankell, Håkan Nesser, and Mikael Niemi.