A moth to a flame
Dagerman, Stig, 1923-19542019
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In a working-class neighbourhood in 1940s Stockholm, a young man named Bengt falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. As he struggles to cope with her loss, his despair slowly transforms to rage when he discovers that his father had a mistress. Bengt swears revenge on behalf of his mother's memory, but he soon finds himself drawn into a fevered and forbidden affair with the very woman he set out to destroy.
Main title:
A moth to a flame / Stig Dagerman ; introduction by Siri Hustvedt ; translated by Benjamin Miers-Cruz.
Author:
Dagerman, Stig, 1923-1954, authorMiers-Cruz, Benjamin, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2019.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Swedish.
ISBN:
9780241400739 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.7374FICTION
Language:
EnglishSwedish
BRN:
2862651