Doppler
Author | : Erlend Loe |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781781851128 |
ISBN-13 | : 1781851123 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Doppler has a nice house, a nice wife and a nice job. But Doppler isn't happy. 'Wonderfuly subversive, funny and original' Observer. 'A darkly comic fable' Independent. When his father dies, Doppler decides to leave everything behind and start a new life in the forest. There, deep amongst the trees, he reconnects with nature, ponders the meaning of life, and bonds with a baby elk called Bongo. Sweet, funny and subversive, this is a charming fable about the pressures of modern existence and finding friends in the strangest of places. 'Dead-pan comedy' Financial Times. 'An absurdist, hilariously subversive novel'Saga.