{"product_id":"new-name-septology-vi-vii","title":"New Name: Septology VI-VII","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A New Name: Septology VI-VII\" is a transcendent exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosses, the \"Beckett of the twenty-first century.\" It follows the lives of two Asles, doppelgängers grappling with existential questions, as younger adults in flashbacks. The novel is incantatory, hypnotic, and unique. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 232 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 08 September 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fitzcarraldo Editions\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsle is an aging painter and widower who resides alone on the southwest coast of Norway. In nearby Bjørgvin, another Asle, also a painter, is lying in the hospital, consumed by alcoholism. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers—two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this final installment of Jon Fosses Septology, the major prose work by the Beckett of the twenty-first century (Le Monde), we follow the lives of the two Asles as younger adults in flashbacks: the narrator meets his lifelong love, Ales; joins the Catholic Church; and makes a living by trying to paint away all the pictures stuck in his mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience—incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 304g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 195 x 128 x 20 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781913097721                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jon Fosse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097065058554,"sku":"9781913097721","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/b1fd709700895b23f5ba6212dcc4509f.jpg?v=1634093188","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/new-name-septology-vi-vii","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}