The Other Name

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Two painters, both called Asle, live on the West coast of Norway; one of them is the narrator. They look identical and their lives seem two different versions of the same life.
The novel is written in stream of consciousness but the prose is slow and flows so beautifully. Their story is very intriguing, they interact with each other and it feels like one of them is a sort of an alter ego. It makes the reader wonder if both lives are real.

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Leftcoastzen

The Other Name: Septology I-II | Jon Fosse

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Absolutely beautiful .A stream of consciousness novel , it reads melodically like poetry.About caring , art , memory, & forgetting. It is made up of the stuff of life .I wasn‘t expecting to love it as much as I did , bring on the next part .

Buechersuechtling Oh, how I love your review and now want to read that book‼️ Thank you. 🙇🏽‍♀️ 4y

Buechersuechtling I did a quick research. There are seven or eight in total, so five or six yet to come❓ Really❓ 4y

Leftcoastzen @Buechersuechtling I want to read more of his books too! There are other more descriptive reviews here on Litsy for this book.Frizcarraldo Editons seems ahead of Transit books here in US.as far as publishing translations.I read all of Knausgaards Stuggle & his seasons, hoping I keep up with Fosse too. 4y

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Tamra I just discovered this title via short list for NBA for translation. I‘m happy to see you loved it! Going to order it now. Did you read others in the series? (edited) 2y

Leftcoastzen @Tamra true to form , I ordered the 2nd book soon after finishing the first , but of course still sitting on my TBR.😁 2y

Tamra @Leftcoastzen 😆 Naturally! 2y

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Leftcoastzen

The Other Name: Septology I-II | Jon Fosse

One of my cats didn‘t eat breakfast and I feel cruddy so the schedule for today changed.I‘m glad I feel well enough to read.

LeahBergen I hope you both feel better soon! 4y

Lcsmcat I‘m sorry you and kitty are feeling poorly. I hope you both feel better soon. 4y

catiewithac Love this mug! 🕶 4y

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ValerieAndBooks That mug! I live near the DE border, 15 minutes from where his home is, and keep hoping for a sighting 😂. Some people I know have seen him around randomly. 4y

Leftcoastzen @catiewithac thx ! Donated to the Dems early & got this great mug! 4y

Leftcoastzen @ValerieAndBooks wow, would love a sighting!😄 4y

Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen I slept a lot! 4y

Leftcoastzen @Lcsmcat Thx!we both rested a lot , kitty got his appetite back. 4y

Lcsmcat Good to hear. 4y

dearb00kshelves Love The Fifth Season! 4y

staci.reads Great mug! 😁 4y

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batsy

The Other Name: Septology I-II | Jon Fosse

Thanks for the tag @tournevis 😘 Sorry for the delay as it's already Thursday!

1. My nephew sent me this photo recently of my niece, Daisy 🐶 They live in Sydney so it's been awhile since I've seen her! Girl knows how to strike a pose.
2. Valancy Stirling in L. M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle. The ultimate fantasy of life is shit but all your dreams can come true if you're good & who doesn't need that?
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Cathythoughts Daisy ! 💝Yes she is quite the poser ❤️. I have tagged book stacked already 👍🏻 5y

Cathythoughts And number 2. Yes we all need that X 5y

Tanisha_A How photogenic, Miss Daisy! 😁 5y

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Reggie Daisy looks so happy! 5y

tournevis 😘 5y

effani I don't know...before signing up to be Valancy for a day I would want to get some clarification on exactly where in the story that day is! I agree with everything you said, but she has some pretty rough days that I wouldn't want to sign up to live through 😅 😂 5y

Eggs Great pic 🐕!!! Thanks for joining in 👏🏻📚❤️ 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts @Tanisha_A @Reggie @Eggs 🤗🐶 5y

batsy @effani Haha, that's true! She goes througb quite a bit, our Valancy. 5y

TheAromaofBooks I would be completely on board with being Valancy during her island days!! I'm always a smidge jealous of her when I read that book - where can I buy my own island?! 5y

impramod follow me 5y

LeahBergen Oh, Daisy! ❤️ 5y

batsy @LeahBergen She's a cutie and she knows it 😁 5y

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batsy

The Other Name: Septology I-II | Jon Fosse

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I lost myself in this meandering, reflective novel by Norwegian author Jon Fosse (trans. Damion Searls). The first of a 3-volume septet, this is a book "about" two elderly men, both painters, both named Asle, living near each other on the Norwegian coast. Doppelgangers, pairings, repetition; there's a theme running through it but no plot. The stream of consciousness prose grabbed me the most at its most ecstatic & poetic. Strangely captivating.

hilded Glad you enjoyed it, I didn‘t know it was translated until now 😊 5y

batsy @hilded It was really captivating, even if some parts worked better for me than others. The language was a glorious ebb and flow. Have you read it in the original? 🙂 5y

hilded I haven‘t read this one, but I‘ve read others by him, and would intuitively think he would be hard to translate well. So glad to hear that the translation flew well and that you enjoyed it😊 5y

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batsy @hilded Oh, nice! I hope more of his work will be translated (or maybe it has and I'm not aware!) Yes, I think the translator deserves immense credit for this one... The style and the poetics of it must have been a challenge :) 5y

nathandrake1997 My favorite book of the year so far 😄 5y

batsy @nathandrake1997 It's good to know that! I enjoyed your review 👍🏽 5y

nathandrake1997 @batsy Thanks 😄 I enjoyed your review as well 😊👍 5y

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Emilymdxn

Other Name: Septology I-II | Jon Fosse

so-so

This was... fine. Nice writing albeit very wordy, I don‘t feel like I ‘got‘ it really and I get frustrated by books that seem to want you to have fourteen degrees to keep on top of what‘s happening (if anything). I read it slowly and despite some lovely sections it didn‘t feel like the writing was in service of anything bigger really, I found it forgettable.

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