I Is Another

By Jon Fosse

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ISBN: 9781913097387

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Binding: Paperback

Number of Pages: 304

Publication Date: 07-Oct-20

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023

Asle and Asle are doppelgangers – two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions. In this second instalment of Jon Fosse’s Septology, the two Asles meet for the first time. They look strangely alike, dress identically, and both want to be painters. At art school in Bjorgvin, Asle meets and falls in love with his future wife, Ales.

Written in ‘melodious and hypnotic slow prose’, I is Another: Septology III-V is is a beautiful novel about the nature of love, art, God, alcoholism, friendship, and the passage of time.

Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.

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Jon Olav Fosse is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.

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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 Asle and Asle are doppelgangers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions. In this second instalment of Jon Fosse's Septology, the two Asles meet for the first time. They look strangely alike, dress identically, and both want to be painters. At art school in Bjorgvin, Asle meets and falls in love with his future wife, Ales. Written in 'melodious and hypnotic slow prose', I is Another: Septology III-V is is a beautiful novel about the nature of love, art, God, alcoholism, friendship, and the passage of time.