Septology
Septology by Jon Fosse, published by Transit Books on October 31, 2023, is a significant literary work comprising three volumes: The Other Name, I is Another, and A New Name. This edition, featuring 672 pages, delves into the complexities of identity and existence through the life of Asle, an ageing painter and widower living in Norway. Asle reflects on his life and the choices he has made, while also exploring the connection with his doppelgänger, another Asle, who faces his own struggles with loneliness and addiction.
Readers will find a profound examination of themes such as death, love, and faith woven throughout the narrative. The story unfolds in a small-town setting, highlighting the interactions between Asle and his friends, including a fisherman-farmer and a city gallerist. This unique collection offers a psychological and literary exploration of the human condition, inviting readers to contemplate the nature of existence and the paths we choose.
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WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
2022 International Booker Prize, Finalist
2022 National Book Award, Finalist
2022 National Book Critics Circle Award, Finalist
New York Times Editors’ Choice
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and Bookforum
Selected as one of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times
What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? Asle, an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway, is reminiscing about his life. His only friends are his neighbour, 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, both grappling with existential questions about death, love, light and shadow, faith and hopelessness. The three volumes of Jon Fosse’s Septology–The Other Name, I is Another, and A New Name–collected in for the first time in this limited hardcover edition, are a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience–incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique.
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