{"product_id":"the-other-name-septology-i-ii-9781945492402","title":"The Other Name: Septology I-II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fosse's fusing of the commonplace and the existential, together with his dramatic forays into the past, make for a relentlessly consuming work: already \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e feels momentous.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fosse's portrait of intersecting lives is that rare metaphysical novel that readers will find compulsively readable.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other Name\u003c\/i\u003e 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,  sleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bj rgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bj rgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers--two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in hypnotic prose that shifts between the first and third person, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Name\u003c\/i\u003e 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? Through flashbacks, Fosse deftly explores the convergences and divergences in the lives of both Asles, slowly building towards a decisive encounter between them both. A writer at the zenith of his career, with \u003ci\u003eThe Other Name\u003c\/i\u003e, the first two volumes in his \u003ci\u003eSeptology\u003c\/i\u003e, Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece.\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 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945492402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jon Fosse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672104693916,"sku":"9781945492402","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_83c69b0e-d725-44f9-9470-670b064d0853.jpg?v=1603926963","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-other-name-septology-i-ii-9781945492402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}