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Weariness (Nynorsk: Kveldsvævd) is a 2014 novella by the Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. The story is set some hundred years ago. The protagonist is the elderly woman "Ales", who is the daughter of "Alida" from Fosse's earlier novellas Wakefulness and Olav's Dreams .
1 de ene. de 2014 · Es hipnótico. Para Jon Fosse escribir es como rezar y, para el lector, leer Trilogía significa entrar en una profundidad desconocida. Con un lenguaje sencillo y un narrador único, Fosse nos cuenta la historia de una pareja de adolescentes que va a tener un hijo y que intenta sobrevivir sin nada en un mundo hostil.
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...
The third novella (Wakefulness) moves well ahead in time. Here we meet Ales (not to be confused with Asle). She is the daughter of Alida and though Alida is long since dead, not for the only time in a Fosse novel, the deceased Alida still lives with Ales and talks to her.
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.
5 de oct. de 2023 · Consisting of three novellas (Wakefulness, Olav’s Dreams, and Weariness), Trilogy shares a luminous love story about Asle and Alida, two lovers trying to find their place in this world. Homeless and sleepless, they wander around Bergen in the rain, trying to make a life for themselves and the child they expect.
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.
