What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another?
The year is coming to a close and Asle, an ageing painter and widower
who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway, is reminiscing about
his life. His only friends are his neighbour, Åsleik, a traditional
fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There,
in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and
consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers – two versions
of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with
existential questions about life, death, love, light and shadow, faith
and hopelessness. Written in melodious and hypnotic ‘slow
prose’, The Other Name: Septology I-II is an indelible and
poignant exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse, ‘a major
European writer’ (Karl Ove Knausgaard), in which everything is
always there, and past and present flow together.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781910695920
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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