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Weary Men

Sverre Lyngstad

3.7/5 ( ratings)

With its angst-ridden, sensualist hero, Arne Garborg's classic, Weary Men, invites comparison with the classic European decadent novels of the turn of the century—Huysmans's Against the Grain and Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Unlike the protagonists of those novels, however, the hero of Weary Men is treated with irony. And while it is a brilliant novel of ideas, Weary Men has endured primarily because of the acuity with which Garborg explores the roguish main character's psychological makeup.

Originally published in 1891, Weary Men introduces a bachelor nearly middle age named Gabriel Gram, who suffers an existential crisis, considers suicide, but finally finds solace in a religious conversion of questionnable sincerity. Garborg depicts Gram's Kristiania in fascinating detail as Gram divides his time between male friends and "new women," a new generation of Norwegian women embolded to walk freely with men in public but who continue to rebuff Gram's sexual advances.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Release: March 17, 1999

ISBN: 0810116006

ISBN 13: 9780810116009

Weary Men

Sverre Lyngstad

3.7/5 ( ratings)

With its angst-ridden, sensualist hero, Arne Garborg's classic, Weary Men, invites comparison with the classic European decadent novels of the turn of the century—Huysmans's Against the Grain and Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Unlike the protagonists of those novels, however, the hero of Weary Men is treated with irony. And while it is a brilliant novel of ideas, Weary Men has endured primarily because of the acuity with which Garborg explores the roguish main character's psychological makeup.

Originally published in 1891, Weary Men introduces a bachelor nearly middle age named Gabriel Gram, who suffers an existential crisis, considers suicide, but finally finds solace in a religious conversion of questionnable sincerity. Garborg depicts Gram's Kristiania in fascinating detail as Gram divides his time between male friends and "new women," a new generation of Norwegian women embolded to walk freely with men in public but who continue to rebuff Gram's sexual advances.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Release: March 17, 1999

ISBN: 0810116006

ISBN 13: 9780810116009

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