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Nordic Council's Literature Prize of 2015. Olav's Dreams ( Nynorsk: Olavs draumar) is a 2012 novel by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse . The story is set a few hundred years ago. The fiddler "Olav" is hunted by his past as a killer. Leaving the city and changing his name has not helped much.
1 de ene. de 2014 · Consisting of three novellas ("Wakefulness, Olav s Dreams, " and "Weariness"), "Trilogy" is a haunting, mysterious, and poignant evocation of love, for which Fosse received The Nordic Council s Prize for Literature in 2015. Genres Fiction Nobel Prize Contemporary Romance Literary Fiction Novels Literature. ...more.
30 de nov. de 2022 · ‘Wakefulness’ (2007, Norwegian: Andvake), ‘Olav’s Dreams’ (2012, Nynorsk: Olavs draumar), and ‘Weariness’ (2014, Nynorsk: Kveldsvævd) are three novellas by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse that won the 2015 ‘Nordic Council Literature Prize‘ as a trilogy.
Consisting of three novellas ( Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams, and Weariness ), Trilogy is a haunting, mysterious, and poignant evocation of love, for which Fosse received The Nordic...
The sequel Olavs draumar gives us a brilliant portrait of the love that the two young people share, rendered in a simple and potent language. It is a dreamlike, disturbing and claustrophobic story, similar to a Biblical allegory.
The sequel Olavs draumar gives us a brilliant portrait of the love that the two young people share, rendered in a simple and potent language. It is a dreamlike, disturbing and claustrophobic story, similar to a Biblical allegory.
This year’s prize winner is a rare example of innovative style hand in hand with content that has the ability to touch readers across time and place. Conveyed in a highly poetic form of prose and with a wilfully playful attitude to the narrative, this love story spans all times and no time.
