Surrogater

The seven stories in this collection move between lonely boys at the edge of adolescence, parents and their children, men and women, and the old and the young. Each turns on a relationship darkened by shame or guilt and on a longing its characters cannot satisfy, so they reach for substitutes instead. The episodes are brief and sparely told, and often end on something unexplained or open to more than one reading.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

104 pages in the original

First published

2000 by Aschehoug

Author's age

26 when first published

ISBN

9788203183331 (original)