A masterpiece of enduring power, Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping intensity. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood.
Stark, brooding, and enormously controversial when first published in 1905, this astonishing novel juxtaposes impressions of fin-de-siecle Stockholm against the psychological landscape of a man besieged by obsession. Lonely and introspective, Doctor Glas has long felt an instinctive hostility toward the odious local minister. So when the minister's beautiful wife complains of her husband's oppressive sexual attentions, Doctor Glas finds...

Forvillelser by Hjalmar Soderberg 1895 Original Swedish edition published by Albert Bonnier Publishing. English language translation (c) 2012 by Kempton Mooney. Delusions is the story of Thomas Weber, a recent graduate who does not know what to do with his life. Instead of studying, he runs around Stockholm, watching people stroll and visiting cafes. He falls in love with girls and falls into debt. But when the loans come due and he has no way to pay, his life of leisure catches up to him."