Stig Dagerman A Moth to a Flame Paperback Book

A startling novel of ferocious psychological acumen, which, to my mind, deserves a large, international readership... very much a book for our times Siri Hustvedt, from the introductionA literary giant in Sweden, Dagerman conjures a Strindbergian atmosphere of shadowy menace in his brief, intense novel, A Moth to a Flame... This moody, deathhaunted novel is well worth reading Evening StandardIn 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 mothers memory, but he soon finds himself drawn into a fevered and forbidden affair with the very woman he set out to destroy . . .Written in a taut, restrained style, A Moth to a Flame is an intense exploration of heartache and fury, desperation and illicit passion. Set against a backdrop of the moody streets of Stockholm and the Hitchcockian shadows in the woods and waters of Swedens remote islands, this is a psychological masterpiece by one of Swedens greatest writers. Dagerman wrote with beautiful objectivity. Instead of emotive phrases, he uses a choice of facts, like bricks, to construct an emotion Graham GreeneDagerman can evoke such emotion in a single sentence Colm Tibn There are some writers (Kafka and Lorca immediately spring to mind) who come to enjoy the status of saint their lives and deaths... | Stig Dagerman A Moth to a Flame Paperback Book