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Fosse, Jon, 1959-
Subjects
Older men -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Doppelgängers -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Fosse, Jon, 1959-
Older men -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Doppelgängers -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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A
new
name
:
Septology
VI-VII
/ Jon Fosse ; translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls.
by
Fosse, Jon, 1959-
Transit Books, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION FOS
Subjects
Older men -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Doppelgängers -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Norway -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Series
Fosse, Jon, 1959- Septologien ; VI - VII.
ISBN:
9781945492570 (trade pbk.)
Description:
197 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Norwegian.
Summary:
"Asle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, 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. In this final installment of Jon Fosse's
Septology
, "a major work of Scandinavian fiction" (Hari Kunzru), we follow the lives of the two Asles as younger adults in flashbacks: the narrator meets his lifelong love, Ales; joins the Catholic Church; and makes a living by trying to paint away all the pictures stuck in his mind. A
New
Name
:
Septology
VI-VII
is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience--incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique."--From publisher.
Awards:
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2023.
Genre:
Psychological fiction.
Literary fiction.
Norwegian fiction -- Translations into English.
Other authors:
Searls, Damion.
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2
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Alderney Gate Public Library
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FICTION FOS
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Adult Fiction
FICTION FOS
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Halifax North Memorial Public Library
Adult Fiction
FICTION FOS
Adult Trade Paperback Books
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Jul 25, 2024
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