Arne Garborg (1851–1924), the son of a peasant from Jeren, who became an anarchist and an idol of literary bohemia, stood in ideological positions between Nietzsche and Tolstoy. He has been called the leading Norwegian writer and thinker of the last quarter of the 19th century. The World (1892) is a psychological novel, and perhaps the best description of a mentally unstable person in Norwegian literature. According to Norwegian literary scholars, the novel “The World,” with its light irony and vivid descriptions of nature, is Arne Garborg’s best work. Published in Russian for the first time. For a wide range of readers.