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2022 National Book Award, FinalistWritten in melodious & hypnotic ‘slow prose’, A New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition & a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, & utterly unique. Asle is an ageing painter who lives alone on the coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, & Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely & consumed by alcohol. Asle & Asle are doppelgängers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions. In this final instalment of Jon Fosse’s Septology, the major prose work by ‘the Beckett of the twenty-first century’ (Le Monde), Christmas is approaching. Tradition has it that Åsleik & Asle eat lutefisk together, but this year Asle has agreed for the first time to celebrate Christmas with Åsleik & his sister, Guro. On Christmas Eve, Åsleik, Asle, & the dog Bragi take Åsleik’s boat out on the Sygnefjord. Meanwhile, we follow the lives of the two Asles as younger adults in flashbacks: the narrator meets his lifelong love, Ales; joins the Catholic Church; starts exhibiting with Beyer; & can make a living by trying to paint away all the pictures stuck in his mind. After a while, Asle & Ales leave the city & move to the house in Dylgja. The other Asle gets married too, but his wedding ends with a sobbing bride & is followed soon after by a painful breakup.Jon Fosse was born in 1959 on the west coast of Norway & is the recipient of countless prestigious prizes, both in his native country & abroad.Damion Searls is a translator from German, Norwegian, French, & Dutch & a writer in English. He has translated 4 books & a libretto by Jon Fosse – Melancholy (co-translated with Grethe Kvernes),... "Asle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers--two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. In this final installment of Jon Fosse's Septology, "a major work of Scandinavian fiction" (Hari Kunzru), 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. A New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience--incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique."-- Provided by publisher Asle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, Asleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bj2rgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgèangers-two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. In this final installment of Jon Fosse's Septology, "a major work of Scandinavian fiction" (Hari Kunzru), 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. A New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition, and a radically other reading experience-incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives 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. In this final instalment of Jon Fosse’s 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 bytrying to paint away all the pictures stuck in his mind. A New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent explorationof the human condition, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique. Was macht uns zu denen, die wir sind? Warum leben wir gerade dieses Leben und kein anderes? Asle, alternder Maler und Witwer, wohnt allein an der Sdwestkste Norwegens. In der nchsten Kleinstadt liegt ein anderer Asle, ebenfallsMaler,im Krankenhaus, zerfressen vom Alkoholismus. Asle und Asle sind Doppelgnger, zwei Versionen desselben Lebens, zwei Versionen derselben Person, die beide mit existenziellen Fragen zu kmpfen hat. In diesem letzten Teil von Jon Fosses Heptalogie verfolgen wir in Rckblenden das Leben der beiden Asles als junge Erwachsene: Der Erzhler lernt seine groe Liebe Ales kennen, tritt in die katholische Kirche ein und verdient seinen Lebensunterhalt mit dem Versuch, alle Bilder, die in seinem Kopf bereits existieren, auch zu malen "Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Asleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjorgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgangers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions."--Provided by publisher Written in melodious and hypnotic 'slow prose', A NEW NAME: SEPTOLOGY VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse, and a radically other reading experience - incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique.