Literature and Fiction · Hardback
The Lotus Eaters
Norwegian title: Lotusspiserne
The Lotus Eaters is a book about how consciousness enters a dialogue with the arts. The narrator poses the existential question: “Why was I born?” before moving through a series of works that have had meaning for him. The absurd drawings of Gary Larson, Jackson Pollock's paintings, Mickey Rourke's role in Rumble Fish, a sentence from Ulysses. The Lotus Eaters is a narratively ambitious and playful collection of short stories.
Material available
- ✓ Synopsis & author CV
- ✓ Full manuscript (Norwegian)
- ✓ Sample translation on request
Original publisher
Cappelen Damm
Publication
2017
Length
176 pages
Format
Hardback
Genre
Literature and Fiction
