Doppler
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Overview
Doppler has a nice house, a nice wife and a nice job. But Doppler isn’t happy.
’Wonderfuly subversive, funny and original’ Observer.
‘A darkly comic fable’ Independent.
When his father dies, Doppler decides to leave everything behind and start a new life in the forest. There, deep amongst the trees, he reconnects with nature, ponders the meaning of life, and bonds with a baby elk called Bongo.
Sweet, funny and subversive, this is a charming fable about the pressures of modern existence and finding friends in the strangest of places.
’Dead-pan comedy’ Financial Times.
‘An absurdist, hilariously subversive novel’Saga.
A charming, witty and subversive fable, and a bestseller in Norway.
Over 100K sold in the author’s native Norway.
Pro rata, that translates to 1.5 million UK sales.
Sold in 21 territories.
MARKET: Muriel Barbery; Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck.
Wonderfully subversive, funny and original
Laugh-out-loud, typically distinctive, satirical and hilarious
A darkly comic fable which makes some astringent points about the way we live today
There’s much to enjoy in Loe’s dead-pan comedy
An absurdist, hilariously subversive novel
Funny and a touch dark... [Doppler] is like a Nordic Obi-Wan’
It gripped me from the very first page and I read the entire thing in a single day. It was unusual in that it was both powerful and entertaining; a rare combination that is difficult to pull off
Compelling, disquieting and perceptive
Shamelessly charming without intellectual fuss
With Doppler, Erlend Loe has become Norway’s most alarming writer
- Title: Doppler
- Authors: Erlend Loe, Don Bartlett, Don Shaw
- Publisher: Head of Zeus
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 176
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781781851128, 1781851123
- Resource ID: LLS:9781781851128
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:50:36Z
Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist. His eight books have been translated into over twenty languages.
Don Bartlett and Don Shaw have collaborated on two previous novels.
Erlend Loe is a Norwegian novelist. His eight books have been translated into over twenty languages.
Don Bartlett and Don Shaw have collaborated on two previous novels.