{"product_id":"doctor-glas-by-hjalmar-soderberg-1","title":"'Doctor Glas' by Hjalmar Söderberg","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"500\"\u003eTold through the diary of a Stockholm physician, it follows Doctor Tyko Glas as he becomes entangled in the unhappy marriage of a young woman whose husband—a sanctimonious, ageing clergyman—repulses her. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"1053\"\u003eSöderberg stages an interior argument, allowing loneliness, desire, religious hypocrisy and self-deception to accumulate in the doctor's private reflections. The diary form gives the novel a kind of eerie intimacy, exposing the distance between what people believe themselves to be and what they become when convinced they are acting for the greater good. It has often been compared to Dostoevsky, Camus and Gide, though its cool Scandinavian precision feels entirely its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1331\"\u003eTranslated from the Swedish by Paul Britten Austin and featuring an introduction by Margaret Atwood, this Anchor edition is an excellent modern reading copy of a novel that has influenced generations of writers interested in conscience, alienation and psychological ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1690\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Anchor Books edition, first printing, August 2002 (full number line ending in 3). Paperback. Translated from the Swedish by Paul Britten Austin with an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Very good condition with light shelf wear, faint creasing and rubbing to the covers. Binding remains firm and the pages are clean throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45810634129491,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-12T114125.588.png?v=1783820519","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/doctor-glas-by-hjalmar-soderberg-1","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}