The opening scene of the novel lingers on Lydia, revealing already a great deal about her. It is in fact Lydia that is first introduced to the reader, despite the fact that she then relatively soon fades from the fore (only to then resurface repeatedly).
The novel follows his life for the next decade and a half, but overshadowing it almost always is the slightly younger Lydia Stille, the sometime object of his passion. The Serious Game focusses on Arvid Stjärnblom, first encountered in 1897, when he is twenty-two years old. We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. Then there's his prose, which Claeson has done a mostly fine job of rendering into English." - Bruce Bawer, The New York Times Book Review
(.) (I)t seems to encompass real change, psychologically and historically, in the way that only a novel can." - Michael Hofmann, London Review of Books "If Doctor Glas is a wonderful book, The Serious Game is almost better.With an Introduction by Elena Balzamo (translated from the French by Ken Hollings).General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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