By Jon Fosse
Translated by May-Brit Akerholt
ISBN: 9781628971095
Publication Date: 9/25/2015
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023
Jon Fosse said farewell to theory early in his career, choosing poetry, fiction, and drama as his mediums of choice. Here, however, in a selection from his two books of essays, we see just how incisive a critic and memoirist he can be. Not only including a generous portion of Fosse’s writing on literature and theater—including the irresistible “Thomas Bernhard and His Grandfather”—this collection also includes such personal essays such as “My Dear New Norwegian,” “Old Houses,” and “He Who Didn’t Want to Become a Teacher.”
Biographical Information
Called “the new Ibsen,” and heralded throughout Europe, Jon Fosse is one of contemporary Norwegian literature’s most important writers. Born in 1959, he has published some thirty books of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction since 1983.
May-Brit Akerholt is a translator of Norwegian works, including Henrik Ibsen's plays, Jon Fosse's essays, and Ruth Lillegraven's poetry.