The Other Name: Septology I-II (Septology, #1)

by Jon Fosse

Damion Searls (Translator)

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What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? The year is coming to a close and 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...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781910695920
  • Publish Date 10 October 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Fitzcarraldo Editions
  • Format eBook
  • Language English