Table of Contents

Foreword: The Star of Myself
J.M.G. Le Clézio

The Castaways
The Thirst of Dawn
The Paralysis of Morning
The Hunger of Day
The Sorrow of Sunset
The Obedience of Twilight
The Longing of Evening
The Fires of Night
The Struggle Over the Lion

About the Author

Stig Dagerman (19231954) was regarded as the most talented young writer of the Swedish postwar generation. Among the many works he wrote during his tragically short life is his classic, German Autumn (Minnesota, 2011).

J. M. G. Le Clzio received the Stig Dagerman Award and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2008.

Laurie Thompson's many translations include the works of Henning Mankell, Hkan Nesser, and Mikael Niemi.

Reviews

"Undoubtedly one of the strangest novels of the twentieth century." —J. M. G. Le Clézio, from the Foreword