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The other name : Septology I-II

Fosse, Jon, 1959- author, Searls, Damion, translator

Overview

Asle is a painter and widower who lives in the house in Dylgja where he used to live with his wife Ales. He is now alone; almost the only people he still sees are his neighbour, êAsleik - an old-fashioned country fisherman - and his gallerist, Beyer, who lives in the city of Bj²rgvin, Fosse's fictional version of Bergen. Another Asle, also a painter, lives in Bj²rgvin, and he and the narrator are doppelgangers, in a way, or perhaps two versions of the same person, the same life. The one who married Ales also became religious, and quit drinking, and became a successful painter; the other is on a harder path. It is a central event of Fosse's fictional universe when they meet. The action of the novel takes place during Advent, shortly before Christmas, with the lives of the two Asles told both in flashback and in the present.

• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Subject: Norwegian fiction 21st century.
• ISBN: 1910695912, 9781910695913

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PT8951.16.O73 A5313 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE