false 6013311 8 Jonas Wergeland has been convicted of the murder of his wife Margrete. What brought Norway's darling to this end? A professor has been set the task of writing a biography of the once celebrated, now notorious, television personality; in doing so he hopes to solve the riddle of Jonas Wergeland's success and downfall. But the sheer volume of material on his subject is so daunting that the professor finds himself completely bogged down, at a loss as how to proceed, until the evening when a mysterious stranger knocks on his door and offers to tell him stories which will help him unravel the strands of Wergeland's life. 1796173 1996 The Conqueror total:31|5:14|4:9|3:3|2:3|1:2| 31 123 68 7 5 15 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 19 11:32:53 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 10 12:05:53 -0700 2009 after reading: This is an incredibly difficult book to review. Between the metanarrativity and the densely complex storytelling style and the historical trivia, not to mention structuring it all as a very intellectual whodunit (kind of)... well, it's difficult to even unravel what I think, let alone...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 09:45:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 05:40:02 -0700 2009 Forføreren. Kjærstad has organized the material in an unusual way; the only thing I can think of which is at all similar is Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. In the first book, we got the story of Jonas Wergeland's life as a fantastic series o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:32:18 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 06:32:32 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:37:18 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 30 09:11:28 -0700 2009 The Seducer, Kjærstad's The Conqueror dispels much of the hero/victim/creator/imitator/murderer mythology surrounding Jonas Wergeland, and complicates both the factual details and the narration enough to keep readers engaged. Perhaps by virtue of the framing stor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 03:06:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 03:08:39 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Nov 02 17:37:22 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 17:39:35 -0800 2008 Once 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 06:57:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:57:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 05:36:58 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 04:05:40 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 05:04:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 14:49:01 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:49:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 06:50:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:50:08 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 13:05:47 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 13:05:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 06:42:42 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 07:03:23 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 06:42:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 18:47:31 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 18:47:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 15:17:43 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:17:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 09:46:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:46:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 18:28:09 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 19:03:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 18:28:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 16:21:59 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 16:21:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 13:35:18 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:35:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Aug 16 10:34:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:35:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 14 14:47:57 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:47:57 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6013311