Arne Garborg (1851–1924) was the son of a peasant from Jeren who became an anarchist and a idol of the literary bohemia. He stood on ideas between Nietzsche and Tolstoy. He was called the leading Norwegian writer and thinker of the last quarter of the 19th century. His novel “World” (1892) is psychological, and perhaps it’s the best description of a mentally unstable person in Norwegian literature. According to Norwegian literary scholars, with its light irony and vivid descriptions of nature, “World” is Arne Garborg’s best work.
Published in Russian for the first time.