{"product_id":"9781555979447","title":"Shyness and Dignity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Ibsen scholar falls desperately out of society\u003cb\u003e—publication coinciding with Ibsen's 100th anniversary celebrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn front of him, twenty-nine young men and women about the age of eighteen who looked at him and returned his greeting. He asked them to take out their school edition of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Wild Duck\u003ci\u003e. He was once more struck by their hostile attitude toward him. But it couldn't be helped, he had a task to perform and was going through with it. It was from them as a group that he sensed that massive dislike sent forth by their bodies. Individually they could be very pleasant, but together, positioned like now, at their desks, they constituted a structural enmity, directed at him and all that he stood for.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eElias Rukla begins yet another day under the leaden Oslo sky. At the high school where he teaches, a novel insight into Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Duck \u003c\/i\u003egrips him with a passion so intense that he barely notices the disinterest of his students. After the lesson, when a broken umbrella provokes an unpredictable rage, he barely notices the students' intense curiosity. He soon realizes, however, that this day will be the decisive day of his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eShyness and Dignity,\u003c\/i\u003e Dag Solstad - praised in Norway as one of the most innovative novelists of his generation - offers an intricate and richly drawn portrait of a man who feels irrevocably alienated from contemporary culture, politics, and, ultimately, humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128414454000,"sku":"9781555979447","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555979447_p0.jpg?v=1763757577","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555979447","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}