Armand V

Armand is a diplomat rising through the ranks of the Norwegian foreign office, but he's caught between his public duty to support foreign wars in the Middle East and his private disdain for Western intervention. He hides behind knowing, ironic statements, which no one grasps and which change nothing. Armand's son joins the Norwegian SAS to fight in the Middle East, despite being specifically warned against such a move by his father, and this leads to catastrophic, heartbreaking consequences.

Told exclusively in footnotes to an unwritten book, this is Solstad's radically unconventional novel about how we experience the passing of time: how it fragments, drifts, quickens, and how single moments can define a life. 

About the author

Dag Solstad (b. 1941) has written nearly thirty books, including Armand V and T Singer (both available from New Directions). Admired worldwide by writers as diverse as Lydia Davis, Geoff Dyer, and Peter Handke, Solstad has won the 2006 Brage Prize, the 1989 Nordic Council's Prize for Literature, and the Norwegian Critic's Prize in 1969, 1992, and 1999.

Product details

• Authors: Steven T. Murray, Dag Solstad
• Assisted by: Steven T Murray (Translation), Steven T. Murray (Translation)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780811226288
• ISBN: 978-0-8112-2628-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies