Hjalmar Soderberg
Swedish author known for his elegant, ironic prose style and his mordant observation of Stockholm bourgeois society. Doctor Glas is his masterpiece, a groundbreaking psychological novel narrated by a murderous physician.
Works
- Doctor GlasPsychological novella about a physician secretly poisoning a patient's husband for ethical reasons
- Martin Birck's YouthComing-of-age novel of intellectual awakening and romantic disillusionment in bohemian Stockholm circles
- The Serious GameNovel exploring love, marriage, and social pretense among Stockholm's upper-middle-class society
- Den allvarsamma lekenSwedish novel about passion and morality within marriage and social convention
- HistorietterCollection of short stories examining Swedish life and character studies