Short Fiction

In Short Fiction, Jonas Lie offers a fiction, shorts first published in 1872-93. Its central concerns include human motives, relationships, conflict, and the consequences of choice, approached through the possibilities of fiction, shorts. This English edition is presented in a translation by Robert Nisbet Bain, Littell’s Living Age, bringing the work’s original voice into a different linguistic setting. The reading experience is shaped by a character-centered narrative style that rewards attention to voice, structure, and perspective. At roughly 40,036 words with a fairly easy reading profile, it offers a reading commitment that is easy to judge before beginning while still leaving room for close attention. Beyond its immediate story or argument, the book matters for its capacity to make unfamiliar lives and difficult choices emotionally legible. Its strongest appeal lies in the meeting of human motives and character-centered narrative style, giving the book both immediate character and lasting interest.