Terminal Innocence

by Klaus Rifbjerg

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A seemingly perfect couple is destroyed by the girl's mother, who preys on the young man. Narrated by Janus, Tore's hero-worshipping friend.

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The productivity of Rifbjerg has been continuous and extremely prolific: poetry, novels, stories, and plays for the stage as well as for radio and television. Experimenting in all the genres, Rifbjerg deals often with the psychology of the Danish middle classes. He is considered one of the central figures of modernism in Denmark of the 1960s. show more Since 1967, he has been a member of the Danish Academy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Larkin, Paul (Translator)

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Canonical title
Terminal Innocence
Original title
Den kroniske uskyld
Alternate titles
The Chronic Innocence
Original publication date
1958
Original language
Danish

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Young Adult
DDC/MDS
839.81374Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesOther Germanic literaturesDanish and Norwegian literaturesDanishDanish fiction1900–2000Late 20th century 1945–2000
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PT8176.28 .I32 .K7Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesDanish literatureIndividual authors or works1961-2000
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