A book review of Jon Fosse’s Septology (trans. Damion Searls).
0:00 Introduction
8:19 Chapter 1: Asle and Asle
13:11 Chapter 2: St. Andrew’s Cross
19:58 Chapter 3: Doubling and Dopplegängers
25:37 Chapter 4: Voyeur of Memory
31:37 Chapter 5: Existential Mysticism
40:47 Chapter 6: Art and God
49:58 Chapter 7: Rhythmic Meditations; or, Prose as Prayer
56:28 Conclusions
The Other Name (Septology I-II)
Paperback, 336 pages
Published 2019 by Transit Books
ISBN: 1945492406
I Is Another (Septology III-V)
Paperback, 247 pages
Published 2021 by Transit Books
ISBN: 1945492457
A New Name (Septology VI-VII)
Paperback, 197 pages
Published 2022 by Transit Books
ISBN: 1945492570
Note: Septology will be republished in a single volume by Transit Books in November.
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Bibliography:
Jon Fosse, An Angel Walks Through the Stage and Other Essays (trans. May-Brit Akerholt). Dalkey Archive Press, 2015.
Leif Zern, The Luminous Darkness: The Theatre of Jon Fosse (trans. Ann Henning Jocelyn). Oberon Books, 2011.
Other reviews I've read and referenced:
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/jon-fosse-other-name-novel-review/
https://harpers.org/archive/2021/08/jon-fosse-septology/
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/09/23/jon-fosse-mystical-realist/
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/06/09/pure-prose/
Interviews with Fosse:
https://www.musicandliterature.org/features/2019/10/4/a-conversation-with-jon-fosse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ujz3Lq9OTY (This one is great as it’s also with Damion Searls!)
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