Dag Solstad is a towering figure in Scandinavian literature, the author of some 30 books, revered by writers as diverse as Haruki Murakami, Peter Handke, and fellow Norwegian Karl Ove Knausgaard. Critic James Wood describes his work as “utterly hypnotic and utterly humane,” while others rhapsodize about the sparkle and luster of his language. His stature in Norwegian letters is often compared to Philip Roth’s position in American letters. He is joined by writer Lydia Davis, who taught herself Norwegian reading Solstad’s Telemark, and author, literary critic and editor John Freeman, for a conversation that explores the power of contemporary Norwegian literature and Solstad’s own most recent books to be translated into English, T Singer and Armand V.