Professor Andersen’s Night

挪威當代最有創造力的小說家之一Dag Solstad寫實力作
細膩刻畫疏離的現代社會，舉重若輕地敲響人性警鐘！

　　寒冷的聖誕夜裡，55歲的Pal Andersen教授無所是事地坐在客廳啜飲著咖啡與白蘭地，恍惚間他瞥見對街的公寓裡發生命案，一個男人勒死了一名女子。

　　此時，如果你是Andersen教授，你會立刻報警？還是繼續觀望，想著或許有其他人會動作？

　　當晚Andersen教授沒有報警，但之後數月始終為了自己的猶疑不決而寢食難安。當他某日踏進壽司店準備用餐時，竟發現兇手就在眼前！

　　作者Dag Solstad藉由這個帶點離經叛道味的小說來拷問人性，同時也讓讀者反思：「假如你是Andersen教授，是否也會選擇袖手旁觀？」

　　(文/博客來編譯)

　　An existential murder story. A master of Norwegian literature critiques contemporary society with wry wit.

　　It is Christmas Eve, and 55-year-old Professor Pal Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out of the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street.

　　Professor Andersen fails to report the crime. The days pass, and he becomes paralysed by indecision. Desperate for respite, the professor sets off to a local sushi bar, only to find himself face to face with the murderer.

　　Professor Andersen’s Night is an unsettling yet highly entertaining novel of apathy, rebellion and morality. In flinty prose, Solstad presents an uncomfortable question: would we, like his cerebral protagonist, do nothing?

作者簡介

　　Dag Solstad is one of Norway’s leading contemporary authors. His work has consistently won critical acclaim and he is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics’ Award three times. All three of his novels available in English have been listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Shyness and Dignity was shortlisted in 2007 and Novel 11, Book 18 and Professor Andersen’s Night were longlisted for the 2009 and 2012 prizes respectively.