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Naïve. Super / Erlend Loe ; translated from the Norwegian by Tor Ketil Solberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publication details: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2002.Description: 196 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781841956725
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 839.823
Summary: Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. He faxes his meteorologist friend. He endlessly bounces a ball against the wall. He befriends a small boy who lives next door. He yearns to get to the bottom of life and how best to live it. Funny, friendly, enigmatic and frequently poignant - superbly naive.
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FICTION KUWAIT TECHNICAL COLLEGE LIBRARY Book Book Fiction L822 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 01422

Originally published: 2001.

Troubled by an inability to find any meaning in his life, the 25-year-old narrator of this deceptively simple novel quits university and eventually arrives at his brother's New York apartment. In a bid to discover what life is all about, he writes lists. He becomes obsessed by time and whether it actually matters. He faxes his meteorologist friend. He endlessly bounces a ball against the wall. He befriends a small boy who lives next door. He yearns to get to the bottom of life and how best to live it. Funny, friendly, enigmatic and frequently poignant - superbly naive.

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