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Morning and evening a novel

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor, and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks u...

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Main Author: Fosse, Jon, 1959- (Author)
Other Authors: Searls, Damion (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Norwegian
Published: [Illinois] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Norwegian literature series.
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Norwegian fiction > 21st century.
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Summary:A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor, and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same, yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning. --
Item Description:Originally published in Norwegian in 2000.
Physical Description:107 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:9781628971088
1628971088
Author Notes:Called the new Ibsen" and heralded throughout Europe, Jon Fosse is one of contemporary Norwegian literature's most important writers. He has published some thirty books of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. In 2000, his novel Melancholy won the Melsom Prize, and Fosse was awarded a lifetime stipend from the Norwegian government for his future literary efforts. Damion Searls has translated twenty-five books from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch. He is the recipient of Guggenheim, NEA, and Cullman Center fellowships and the author of a book of short stories, What We Were Doing and Where We Were Going ."

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