Treacherous Literary Characters: “The Spotless One”

He has no name. We only know him as “The Spotless One”, and he claims that it is “difficult to speak honestly about oneself”. This is precisely what he struggles with throughout 320 fascinating pages, where betrayal – not just one, but several – is the common thread running through the story. Perhaps he does not fully appreciate how revealing this self-analysis is and how the betrayals emerge, one by one.

Betrayal is a fundamental theme in literature. Betrayal not only drives plots, it also takes us deep into the human soul. Hear journalist and author Jan H. Landro talk about Sigurd Hoel’s largely forgotten but still relevant masterpiece Møte ved milepelen [Meeting at the Milestone].

The talk will be held in Norwegian.