The Nobel Prize-winning and International Booker Prize-shortlisted author reflects on his writing process, how music influences his prose, and reveals the philosophical works that shaped his thinking
Monthly Spotlight: The Other Name: Septology I - II by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls
Monthly Spotlight: The Other Name: Septology I - II by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion Searls
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Jon Fosse’s Septology is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique
In his magnum opus, Septology, a unique seven-novel sequence, Jon Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition. Written in his trademark slow prose, The Other Name, the first volume in a trilogy of books, translated from Nynorsk by Damion Searls, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020.
In 2023, Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable’.
From a reading guide and extract to an exclusive interview with the author, find out more about our September Monthly Spotlight here.
The Other Name: Septology I - II
- By
- Jon Fosse
- Translated by
- Damion Searls
- Published by
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
In the first volume of a trilogy of novels, Jon Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition