Jon Fosse

Broschiertes Buch

Boathouse

Beschreibung

One of Jon Fosseâ s most acclaimed novels, Boathouse is told from the perspective of an unnamed narrator leading a largely hermit-like existence until he unexpectedly encounters a long-lost childhood friend and his wife. Boathouse slowly unravels the story of a love triangle leading to jealousy, betrayal, and eventually death.

Autor

Jon Fosse was born in 1959 on the west coast of Norway and has written over thirty books and twenty-eight plays that have been translated into over 40 languages. His first novel, Red, Black, was published in 1983, and was followed by such works as Melancholia I & II, Aliss at the Fire, and  Morning and Evening, which are available in translation from Dalkey Archive Press. He is one of the world's most produced living playwrights. In 2007, Fosse became a chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France, and he was awarded the International Ibsen Award in 2010. In 2011, he moved into Grotten, an honorary residence for artists on the grounds of the Royal Palace in Oslo. He was awarded the European Prize for Literature in 2014 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2015. He currently has homes in Bergen, Oslo, and in Hainburg, Austria.

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Produktdetails

• Norwegian Literature Series
• Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 136mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 196g
• ISBN-13: 9781628971828
• ISBN-10: 1628971827
• Artikelnr.: 47747616