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. Jon Fosse’s Septology, collected in English here for the first time, is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique
About the author
Damion Searls is a translator from German, Norwegian, French and Dutch, and a writer in English. He has translated nine books by Jon Fosse, including the three books of Septology.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 832 ● ISBN 9781804270073 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Editor Damion Searls ● Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8789861 ● Copy protection Social DRM