Novel 11, Book 18

Bjorn Hansen, a respectable town treasurer, has just turned fifty and is horrified by the thought that chance has ruled his life. Eighteen years ago he left his wife and their two-year-old son for his mistress, who persuaded him to start afresh in a small, provincial town and to dabble in amateur dramatics.

Bjorn Hansen, un respectabil trezorier al orasului, tocmai a implinit cincizeci de ani si este ingrozit de gandul ca intamplarea i-a stapanit viata. In urma cu optsprezece ani, si-a lasat sotia si fiul lor de doi ani pentru amanta sa, care l-a convins sa inceapa din nou intr-un orasel de provincie si sa se apuce de dramaturgia amator.