🇩🇰 Sandalmagernes gade by Nis Petersen

Sandalmagernes gade is a 1931 novel by the Danish author Nis Petersen, set in ancient Rome during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. There’s no real story to speak of, but the novel is full of humour and lovely lyrical expressions. Even so, it takes a lot of willpower to get through 500 pages of nothing.

Notes

[...] de erfarne førere kendte en vis, gudsforgåen type, som, hvis den startede her, for eksempel i Sandalmagernes Gade, overhovedet ikke kom længere. Den drev da rundt i taverner og værksteder, skændtes med de handlende, kastede bon mot’er til de kvinder, man kalder tvivlsomme, når man mener det modsatte [...]

Sandalmagernes gade, ss. 140-141