{"product_id":"a-new-name-septology-vi-vii-paperback","title":"A New Name: Septology VI-VII - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Fosse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 International Booker Prize, Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 National Book Award, Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022 National Book Critics Circle Award, Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e, Fosse has found a new approach to writing fiction, different from what he has written before and--it is strange to say, as the novel enters its fifth century--different from what has been written before. \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e feels new.\"--\u003cb\u003eWYATT MASON, \u003ci\u003eHARPERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsle 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 Bj rgvin, 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. Written in melodious and hypnotic \"slow prose,\" \u003ci\u003eA New Name\u003c\/i\u003e is the final installment of Jon Fosse's \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a major work of Scandinavian fiction\" (\u003cb\u003eHari Kunzru\u003c\/b\u003e) and an exquisite metaphysical novel about love, art, God, friendship, and the passage of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Fosse is one of Norway's most celebrated authors and playwrights. 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, \u003ci\u003eRaudt, svart\u003c\/i\u003e [\u003ci\u003eRed, Black\u003c\/i\u003e], 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52546000027955,"sku":"9781945492570","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WVhtL1ZBdHg3ejV3UEN5U0hTY2Z5UT09.webp?v=1760975931","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-new-name-septology-vi-vii-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}