Name: The Other Name: Septology I-Ii (Septology, 1)
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Author: Fosse Jon
ISBN: 9781945492402

portada The Other Name: Septology I-Ii (Septology, 1)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jon Fosse

Translated by

Damion Searls

Publisher

Transit Books

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

340

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781945492402

Synopsis "The Other Name: Septology I-Ii (Septology, 1)"

New York Times Editors' ChoiceLonglisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize"Fosse's 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."--The Guardian"Fosse's portrait of intersecting lives is that rare metaphysical novel that readers will find compulsively readable."--Publishers Weekly, Starred ReviewThe Other Name 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 aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bj rgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bj rgvin, 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? Through flashbacks, Fosse deftly explores the convergences and divergences in the lives of both Asles, slowly building towards a decisive encounter between them both. A writer at the zenith of his career, with The Other Name, the first two volumes in his Septology, Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece.

Jon Fosse

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Escritor noruego de novelas, poesía, ensayos y libros para niños. Es uno de los dramaturgos más productivos de Europa y sus obras han sido traducidas a más de cuarenta idiomas. Fosse fue nombrado Caballero de la Ordre national du Mérite de Francia en 2007, recibió el Premio Internacional Ibsen en 2010 y es el ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2023.

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