THE GAMES OF NIGHT and other writings

Stig Dagerman

Verlag: P.A. Norstedt & Soner Forlag (for The Bodley Head), Stockholm, Sweden, 1959

Beschreibung

First impression of the first edition in English. Translated from the Swedish by Naomi Walford. Ten-page introduction by Michael Meyer. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Top corner-tip of rear board slightly bumped. No inscriptions. Fore-edge and top edge of text-block foxed. Interior pages clean. Slight spine lean. Spine tight. ***In a very good pale mauve, black printed dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing original publisher's price of 15s net. Head and tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Corners of dustwrapper slightly rubbed and creased. 3.5cm closed tear to head of spine adjoining rear panel of dustwrapper. .Edges of front panel and spine of dustwrapper faded. ***190mm x 130mm. 215 pages. ***Contents: Introduction by Michael Meyer; Stories: A Child's Memoirs; The Games of Night; Sleet; Where's My Iceland Jersey?; Open the Door, Richard; Men of Character; Nocturnal Resort; The Surprise; To Kill a Child; In Grandmother's House; A Thousand Years with the Lord. ***'Stig Dagerman was regarded as the most talented young writer of the Swedish post-war generation. By the time he was twenty-six he had published four novels, a collection of short stories, a book of travel sketches and four full-length plays - an astonishing output which was brought to a tragic end by his death in 1954. One of his novels, A Burnt Child, has been published in English, and one of his plays has been staged and broadcast here. Some of his very best writing, however, is to be found in his short stories, and it is the aim of the present volume to present a selection of the most interesting of them. There are ten stories, to which has been added one autobiographical piece. ***Michael Meyer, who was a friend of Dagerman, has written a personal and critical introduction' [which compares his work to Strindberg and Kafka]. Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb. ***First impression of the first edition in English in its original dustwrapper. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6159

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE GAMES OF NIGHT and other writings

Verlag: P.A. Norstedt & Soner Forlag (for The Bodley Head), Stockholm, Sweden

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition in English