I Is Another

Fosse, Jon

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Author
Fosse, Jon
Publish Date
03/17/2021
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
TRANSIT
Subtitle
Septology III-V
Number of Pages
330
ISBN-10
1945492457
ISBN-13
9781945492457
SKU
9781945492457

Description

WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A New York Times Editors' Choice
"Fosse’s portrait of intersecting lives is that rare metaphysical novel that readers will find compulsively readable.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review 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?