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The Other Name WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE: Septology I-II by J

Description: The Other Name WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE by Jon Fosse, Damion Searls The Other Name: Septology I-II, a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europes most celebrated writers, follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023The year is coming to a close and Asle, an ageing painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbour, Asleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjorgvin, a couple hours drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjorgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. Written in hypnotic prose that shifts between the first and third person, The Other Name calls into question concrete notions around subjectivity and the self. What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another?With The Other Name, the first volume in a trilogy of novels, Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece. Author Biography Jon Fosse was born in 1959 on the west coast of Norway and has written over thirty books and twenty-eight plays that have been translated into over 40 languages. His first novel, Red, Black, was published in 1983, and was followed by such works as Melancholia I & II, Aliss at the Fire, and Morning and Evening. He is one of the worlds most produced living playwrights. In 2007, Fosse became a chevalier of the Ordre national du Merite of France, and he was awarded the International Ibsen Award in 2010. In 2011, he moved into Grotten, an honorary residence for artists on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Oslo. He was awarded the European Prize for Literature in 2014 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2015. He currently has homes in Bergen, Oslo, and in Hainburg, Austria.Damion Searls is a translator from German, Norwegian, French, and Dutch and a writer in English. He has translated many classic modern writers, including Proust, Rilke, Nietzsche, Walser, Ingeborg Bachmann, Alfred Doblin, Jon Fosse, Elfriede Jelinek, Uwe Johnson and Nescio. Review Jon Fosse is a major European writer.— Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of My StruggleFosse has written a strange mystical moebius strip of a novel, in which an artist struggles with faith and loneliness, and watches himself, or versions of himself, fall away into the lower depths. The social world seems distant and foggy in this profound, existential narrative, which is only the first part of what promises to be a major work of Scandinavian fiction.— Hari Kunzru, author of White TearsThere is, in this books rhythmic accumulation of words, something incantatory and self-annihilating — something that feels almost holy.— Wall Street JournalOver the past two decades, Jon Fosse, a playwright, poet, essayist and childrens author as well as a novelist, has won almost every award going in Norway, while his "slow prose" has gained him a cult following in English translation. He has been compared to Ibsen and Beckett, and his writing has elements of both the formers severity and the latters use of insistent repetition.... The work simply loops and flows. The style is formal, yet with a sense of restlessness. As for plot, there is plenty.... Fosses fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make for a relentlessly consuming work: already Septology feels momentous.— Catherine Taylor, GuardianFosses portrait of intersecting lives is that rare metaphysical novel that readers will find compulsively readable.— Publishers Weekly, starred reviewDeeply enigmatic though never obscure, the novel presents questions [...] But to understand how completely these things elude comprehension, and to clothe their fundamental mystery in such gorgeous raiment, is an achievement no less profound.— Dustin Illingworth, The Nation Long Description The Other Name: Septology I-II , a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europes most celebrated writers, follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an ageing painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbour, Asleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjorgvin, a couple hours drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjorgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. Written in hypnotic prose that shifts between the first and third person, The Other Name calls into question concrete notions around subjectivity and the self. What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? With The Other Name, the first volume in a trilogy of novels, Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece. Review Quote Jon Fosse is a major European writer. -- Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of My Struggle Description for Sales People LONG-AWAITED LITERARY TOUR DE FORCE FROM ONE OF NORWAYS MOST CELEBRATED WRITERS: Jon Fosse is often posited as a contender for the Nobel prize for literature. His magnum opus, Septology - a seven-part cycle of novels that will be published as a trilogy - is an elegiac meditation on our unlived lives. INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION: The first part, Septology I-II, will be published simultaneously in Norway, the UK, Germany, Denmark, France and the Netherlands in October 2019, a few months ahead of the US publication. Details ISBN1910695912 Author Damion Searls Pages 352 Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Year 2019 Translator Damion Searls ISBN-10 1910695912 ISBN-13 9781910695913 Publication Date 2019-10-10 Short Title The Other Name Language English Format Paperback Subtitle Septology I-II DEWEY 839.8238 UK Release Date 2019-10-10 Imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Norwegian Nynorsk AU Release Date 2019-10-10 Series Septology Alternative 9781910695920 Audience General NZ Release Date 2019-10-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:125934222;

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