The road to the world's end
By: Sigurd Hoel ; translated from the Norwegian by Sverre Lyngstad.
Contributors: Lyngstad, Sverre.
Publisher: Sun & Moon Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Work titles: Veien til verdens ende.
Description: Sigurd Hoel (1890-1960) was one of the most influential literary figures in Norway between the wars. His scope was broad; besides being a major novelist, he was a subtle and incisive literary critic, a vigorous cultural commentator, and a distinguished editor. The poet Andre Bjerke said at Hoel's death in 1960: "Had he written in English, he would have had a worldwide reputation." Among Hoel's major writings are The Road to the World's End, The Troll Circle, and Meeting at the Milestone.

The Road to the World's End is a classic study of childhood and adolescence. Though the book has a dense image structure and a thematic range and depth that only an adult mind and sensibility could master, throughout its changing perspectives the narrational voice remains that of a growing child and a developing teenager.