The old man's stories : a Swedish novel

A perplexed young immigrant man suffered from the dispersion of his thoughts and inability to decide whether to leave the Scandivinavian society or stay and adapt to it. He hated solitude, darkness and the feeling of alienation, and had yet been able to find love. One day he met an old man who was also an immigrant, but with longer experience with the Scandinavians. The young man asked him for advice, and the old man answered him.