Bibliograph

I is another, septology III-V, Jon Fosse ; translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls

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Label

I is another, septology III-V, Jon Fosse ; translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

I is another

Oclc number

1144110301

Responsibility statement

Jon Fosse ; translated from the Norwegian by Damion Searls

Sub title

septology III-V

Summary

"I is Another follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers -- two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. I is Another calls into question concrete notions around subjectivity and the self. What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another?"--Publisher's description

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