{"product_id":"t-singer-9781784703066","title":"T Singer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new novel in English from one of Norway’s most celebrated writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eT Singer \u003c\/i\u003econfronts indomitable loneliness in Solstad’s classic, heartbreaking yet darkly comic style.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A kind of surrealistic writer… Serious literature’\u003cb\u003e Haruki Murakami\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Mad, sad and funny… Thrilling’ \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSinger, a thirty-four-year-old recently trained librarian, arrives by train in the small town of Notodden to begin a new and anonymous life. He falls in love with Merete, a ceramicist, and moves in with her and her young daughter. After a few years together, the relationship starts to falter, and as the couple is on the verge of separating a car accident prompts a dramatic change in Singer’s life…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                                                                                                    ‘An utterly hypnotic writer’\u003cb\u003e James Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Solstad is expert in delineating the absurdities of existence…’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Norwegian Critics Prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSolstad’s construction of reality is uniquely his own…\u003c\/b\u003e mad, sad and funny… the behavioural possibilities of the novel are subtly and fundamentally enlarged. -- Geoff Dyer * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eAll of the whispers have been right: \u003cb\u003eSolstad is a vital novelist\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Charles Finch * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSolstad is expert in delineating the absurdities of existence\u003c\/b\u003e… Solstad exposes us to ourselves. -- David Mills * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eHe’s a kind of surrealistic writer... I think that’s \u003cb\u003eserious literature.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Haruki Murakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis language sparkles \u003c\/b\u003ewith its new old-fashioned elegance. -- Karl Ove Knausgaard","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138365227351,"sku":"9781784703066","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784703066.jpg?v=1751919110","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/t-singer-9781784703066","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}