Informazioni generali

Nome canonico: Söderberg, Hjalmar
Nome legale: Söderberg, Hjalmar Erik Fredrik
Data di nascita: 1869-07-02
Data di morte: 1941-10-14
Luogo di sepoltura: Vestre Kirkegård, København, Denmark
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: Sweden
Nazione (per mappa): Sweden
Luogo di nascita: Stockholm, Sweden
Luogo di morte: Copenhagen, Denmark
Luogo di residenza: Stockholm, Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark
Istruzione: Uppsala University
Attività lavorative: civil servant
critic
novelist
short-story writer
playwright
Relazioni: Söderberg, Tom (son)
Söderberg, Mikael (son)
Stangerup, Henrik (grandson)
Premi e riconoscimenti: De Nios stora pris (1934)
Gustaf Fröding-stipendiet (1941)
Breve biografia: Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg, né le 2 juillet 1869 à Stockholm et mort le 14 octobre 1941 à Copenhague, est un romancier, auteur dramatique, poète et journaliste suédois. C'est le grand-père maternel de l'écrivain danois Henrik Stangerup (1937-1998).
Il débute dans le monde littéraire à l'âge de vingt ans en écrivant pour le quotidien suédois Svenska Dagbladet. Il sort six ans plus tard son premier roman, Förvillelser (Égarements). Il s'intéresse à la fin de sa vie au journalisme. Il a critiqué le nazisme avec véhémence, écrivant longuement à ce sujet dans le quotidien libéral, très anti-nazi, suédois Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning.

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Doctor Glas: A Novel di Hjalmar Söderberg

Revisiting classics is always an interesting experience.
I had read "Doctor Glas" when I was about fifteen, as a school assignment. I liked it then.
So, what did I think this time?
- Söderberg's writing is still marvellous. I found myself rereading certain sentences, just to savour them better. (I was reading the original, not the translation ;-))
- Every Söderberg novel I had read paints Stockholm beautifully. These glimpses of my city are very precious.
- I really liked the sense of time and place, and all those philosophical and not so philosophical conversations between friends.
- The moral dilemmas are going to be interesting to talk about in my book club...
- Doctor Glas is a masterfully created, and very disturbing character.
- It's interesting to see how far ahead of his time Söderberg was, discussing marital rape and euthanasia. Yet, there are things in this book that have not aged well. I wish Helga was more of a "real" character, instead of a symbol/catalyst/object of obsession. Sometimes I put the book down to say STOP.WRITING.ABOUT.WOMEN.THIS.WAY! (I wonder how many classics pass the Bechdel test? This one does not.)

Four stars, because I don't know what else to do. I have to confess that the last point made it more difficult for me to like "Doctor Glas". It doesn't happen with all the books I read, I CAN make allowances. This time, I had trouble doing that...
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Alexandra_book_life | 33 altre recensioni | Dec 15, 2023 |

Doctor Glas : a novel di Hjalmar Söderberg

Pubblicato nel 1905, suona come un romanzo dell'Ottocento debitore di Dostoevskj e Poe, anticipando al tempo stesso lo spirito intimista e psicologico di molto del romanzo novecentesco. La vicenda, ambientata a Stoccolma, tocca temi profondi legati al senso etico e al desiderio. Il dottor Glas è un personaggio immediatamente indimenticabile, che sfugge alle catalogazioni e offre molti spunti di riflessione. Libro che meriterebbe di essere più conosciuto (personalmente l'ho trovato per caso in aeroporto a Stoccolma).… (altro)

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d.v. | 33 altre recensioni | May 16, 2023 |

Den allvarsamma leken di Hjalmar Söderberg

Romanen spänner över en del av en mans liv vid sekelskiftet 1900 och några år däromkring. Arvid Stjärnblom, en filosofie kandidat, delar kärlek med en ung kvinna vid namn Lydia, men som brukligt är vid sekelskiftet är inte kärlek tillräckligt för att sagan ska bli sann. Arvid anser sig inte ha råd att gifta sig och säger att han inte vill att Lydia väntar på honom, men när Lydia gifter sig med en äldre och rikare man tar Arvid detta hårt och inleder en bekvämlighetsaffär som övergår i äktenskap.… (altro)

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CalleFriden | 11 altre recensioni | Feb 8, 2023 |

Doktor Glas di Hjalmar Söderberg

Doktor Glas är en dagboksroman av Hjalmar Söderberg som utkom 1905. Romanen skildrar en ensam läkares liv i Stockholm under några månader – från 12 juni till 7 oktober – i slutet av 1890-talet.

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CalleFriden | 33 altre recensioni | Feb 7, 2023 |

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