Armand V by Dag Solstad - review
Armand V by Dag Solstad
William Leith
24 May 2018
An experimental novel by a Norwegian veteran, who is loved by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Haruki Murakami and Peter Handke. It’s written as footnotes to a novel that doesn’t exist, so you’re always wondering what’s really going on, which is part of the point.
It’s about the life of a Norwegian diplomat. He has an affair with his girlfriend’s twin sister, and an argument with his son. As a diplomat, he is representing a country allied to America; as a person, he is against American foreign policy. When something tragic happens, he thinks it’s his fault. Very unusual — and, in the end, very deep.
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