Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest
coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Asleik, a
traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the
city. There, in Bjorgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but
lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgangers - two
versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both
grappling with existential questions. In this second instalment of Jon
Fosse’s Septology, ‘a major work of Scandinavian
fiction’ (Hari Kunzru), the two Asles meet for the first time in
their youth. They look strangely alike, dress identically, and both
want to be painters. At art school in Bjorgvin, Asle meets and falls
in love with his future wife, Ales. Written in ‘melodious and
hypnotic slow prose’, I is Another: Septology III-V is an
exquisite metaphysical novel about love, art, God, friendship, and the
passage of time.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781913097394
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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