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The following quote:
Quote:One wants to be loved, failing that admired, failing that feared, failing that hated and despised. One wants to instill in other people some form of emotion. The soul shudders before emptiness and wants contact, no matter the cost.
Does anyone know where it is from, and who is the author?
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06-16-2006, 10:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-16-2006, 10:47 PM by Drasca.)
Quote:The following quote:
Does anyone know where it is from, and who is the author?
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/s...oderh1.htm
Quote:Title: Doctor Glas
Author: Hjalmar Söderberg
Genre: Novel
Written: 1905 (Eng. 1963)
Length: 150 pages
Original in: Swedish
Availability: Doctor Glas - US
Doctor Glas - UK
in: Die Spieler - Deutschland
* Swedish title: Doktor Glas
* Translated by Paul Britten Austin
* The current (2002) edition comes an Introduction by Margaret Atwood
* The first English edition (1963, same translation) came with an Introduction by William Sansom
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