THE SHARKS concludes Bjorneboe's great series of novels, an achievement that someday perhaps will be ranked with the work of Kafka, Camus and Bellow, to mention but three distinctive novelists of the twentieth century who come to mind. Following the trilogy known as THE HISTORY OF BESTIALITY, all three novels of which are narrated by a man weighed down with the misery of the world, obsessed 5/5(3). Jens Bjørneboe has 59 books on Goodreads with ratings. Jens Bjørneboe’s most popular book is The Sharks. - Jens Bjørneboe, Published in , The Sharks turned out to be Bjørneboe’s last novel. But what a novel it turned out to be. But what a novel it turned out to be. Written directly after concluding his famous trilogy The History of Bestiality, the author was not doing well, as that trilogy is a lengthy flirt with the idea of suecide.4/5(39).
One year after The Silence, Bjørneboe published his final novel, The Sharks (Haiene, ). This is a more traditional novel than the trilogy, and full of action and suspense; it is a thrilling story of mutiny and shipwreck, stranding on a desert island and survival against the odds. She has previously translated Bjørneboe's novels The Sharks (Norvik, ), Moment of Freedom (Norvik/Dufour, ), Powerhouse (Norvik/Dufour, ), and The Silence (Norvik/Dufour, ) as well as a number of his essays and poems. She was responsible for the "Jens Bjørneboe in English" website, which was the premiere source of. Posts about Jens Bjørneboe written by norvikpress. One year after The Silence, Bjørneboe published his final novel, The Sharks (Haiene, ). This is a more traditional novel than the trilogy, and full of action and suspense; it is a thrilling story of mutiny and shipwreck, stranding on a desert island and survival against the odds.
The Sharks: Author: Jens Bjørneboe: Genre: Novel: Written: (Eng. ) Length: pages: Original in: Norwegian: Availability: The Sharks - US: The Sharks - UK: The Sharks - Canada: Haie - Deutschland. The Sharks (Norwegian: Haiene) is a novel written by Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe between 19and originally published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag in It is an allegorical sea story and was his last work. The external action takes place aboard the bark "Neptune," which is on its way from Manila to Marseille via Rio de Janeiro. The year is , and it is also a voyage into the new century. THE SHARKS concludes Bjorneboe's great series of novels, an achievement that someday perhaps will be ranked with the work of Kafka, Camus and Bellow, to mention but three distinctive novelists of the twentieth century who come to mind. Following the trilogy known as THE HISTORY OF BESTIALITY, all three novels of which are narrated by a man weighed down with the misery of the world, obsessed with human cruelty and injustice, and psychologically deformed by rage, hatred and alcoholism, the.
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