A new name
"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 al...
| Main Author: | Fosse, Jon, 1959- |
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| Other Authors: | Searls, Damion. |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
| Published: |
Oakland, CA :
Transit Books,
2022.
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| Series: |
Septology, VI-VII
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| Summary: |
"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."--Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: |
197 pages |
| ISBN: |
9781945492570 1945492570 |
| Author Notes: |
Jon Fosse is one of Norway's most celebrated authors and playwrights, and was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in 1959 on the west coast of Norway and is the recipient of countless prestigious prizes, both in his native Norway and abroad. Since his 1983 fiction debut, Raudt, svart [ Red, Black ], Fosse has written prose, poetry, essays, short stories, children's books, and over forty plays, with more than a thousand productions performed and translations into fifty languages. |