{"product_id":"a-new-name-septology-vi-vii-9781945492570","title":"A New Name: Septology VI-VII","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e, Fosse has found a new approach to writing fiction, different from what he has written before and--it is strange to say, as the novel enters its fifth century--different from what has been written before. \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e feels new.--Wyatt Mason, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bj rgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers--two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. Written in melodious and hypnotic \"slow prose,\" \u003ci\u003eA New Name\u003c\/i\u003e is the final installment of Jon Fosse's \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a major work of Scandinavian fiction\" (Hari Kunzru) and an exquisite metaphysical novel about love, art, God, friendship, and the passage of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945492570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Fosse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574326698165,"sku":"9781945492570","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f94cc79e-1470-4cfa-af0d-aabe2c12d2ea.jpg?v=1643692748","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-new-name-septology-vi-vii-9781945492570","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}