Isak Dinesen’s The Deluge at Norderney and Eccentric Indifference — Page 7:
31 The complex structure of “The Deluge At Norderney” and its various narrative voices succeed in mystifying the reader concerning his or her reception and understanding of the story. In addition, it becomes obvious that this short story does not seek answers and conclusions but embraces disengagement. This is characteristic of the way in which eccentric texts display a subversive quality after all, though not one aimed at establishing new doxa and irrespective of the statements made or the actions carried out in the text itself. On a textual level, the queer aspects of an eccentric text can be seen in the way in which it succeeds in maintaining a fluid and unstable quality and in the way it does not acknowledge the readership as its centre but revolves around its own core.