Professor Anderson's Night
About This Novel
This book contains Dag Solstad's two representative works "Shyness and Dignity" and "The Night of Professor Anderson". "Shyness and Dignity" (Genanse og verdighet) Elias Jukla is a high school teacher in his fifties who teaches literature courses to his graduating class. On this day, he went to school to teach as usual, explaining Ibsen's "The Wild Duck"; the students were drowsy in class as usual, and were indifferent to his new insights into Ibsen's works that came to him during the lecture. After class, he walked out of the classroom to go home, but he became very angry because of an umbrella that could not be opened. He lost control and smashed the umbrella. At the same time, he realized that he could no longer face the students and colleagues who witnessed his loss of control. He walked out of school and stood at a loss in the drizzle of Oslo, not knowing where he should go. On this seemingly ordinary day but destined to be a turning point in his life, he stood at a crossroads and recalled his youth, his former best friend John Corneliussen and his stunningly beautiful wife Eva, their high-spirited college life, and all the sudden changes that followed. He felt like he was drifting away from this era, and there was nothing he could do about it. "Professor Andersens natt" (Professor Andersens natt) is an existential murder story. The black humor of the Norwegian literary master. Fifty-five-year-old Professor Poul Anderson witnessed a murder in the apartment opposite on Christmas Eve. He told himself that he should call the police, but he couldn't make up his mind to pick up the phone; he went to a friend's Christmas party and wanted to talk to his friend about the incident, but he could never find the right time to do so. At the same time, he could not control his curiosity about the murderer, and eagerly wanted to know his name, what he looked like, and what kind of person he was. Throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays, he paid close attention to the movements in the window opposite, and gradually learned the name, appearance and even the pattern of the murderer's movements, and also passed by him. Professor Anderson thought about it and constructed many possibilities in his mind. One evening a few days later, he met the murderer in a Japanese restaurant near his home. They sat next to each other, had an opportunity to talk, and even walked home together...
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