Books like Genanse og verdighet by Dag Solstad

A teacher's unexpected journey to uncover the secrets of a young student's family.

Paul Auster’s 1999 novella Timbuktu follows the inner life of a dog named Mr. Bones as his homeless master nears death, revealing the quiet resilience of animals and the melancholy of late‑20th‑century New York.

"Latin instructor Jerome Washington is a man out of place. The lone African-American teacher at the Chelsea School, an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut, he has championed the classical virtues of rigor and discipline since he was hired nearly two decades ago. Nicknamed "Wooden Washington" by his students, he has spent his career - and his life - at Chelsea trying not to appear too "racial": He is reserved, controlled, seemingly content with his isolated life.". "Into his classroom one autumn morning steps Rashid Bryson, a promising African-American student from New York City. He sees in Washington a potential ally, a man who is sure to understand the younger man's need to find his bearings in this citadel of the white status quo. But to Bryson's surprise and dismay, Washington responds unexpectedly to him. It is up to Jana Hansen, herself a newcomer to Chelsea, to come to Bryson's aid. A middle-aged white divorcee who used to teach public school in Cleveland, she is as foreign to the sylvan self-possession of the Chelsea School as Washington and Bryson are.". "As the three get to know one another, and as they struggle with their individual loss, they begin their journey toward an inevitable and ultimately tragic confrontation that is both painful and life-altering. Told from three different perspectives, The Fall of Rome explores powerful and timely issues as it unfolds inexorably, like the classical tragedies that were the glory of ancient civilizations."--BOOK JACKET.

A London history teacher’s instinct that a new female colleague is different is proven as the newcomer takes part in an illicit affair with a pupil, forcing her to confront forbidden desires, loyalty, and the limits of friendship.

A Norwegian fiction by Tarjei Vesaas.

High‑school teacher Caelum Quirk and his school‑nurse wife Maureen survive the Columbine massacre, only to uncover family secrets spanning five generations that force them to confront trauma, faith and the legacy of violence.

An ingenious tale of an ordinary family invited to the Gardner home by the agent of their destruction, The Tutor is Peter Abrahams' chilling suspense novel that explores the dangers of manipulation and the potential for redemption.