Morning and Evening, Jon Fosse
Morning and Evening, Jon Fosse
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Morning and Evening
2nd Edition

Author: Jon Fosse

Narrator: Kåre Conradi

Unabridged: 2 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2024

Synopsis

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning.

About Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse was born in 1959 on the west coast of Norway and has written over thirty books and twenty-eight plays that have been translated into over 40 languages. His first novel, Red, Black, was published in 1983, and was followed by such works as Trilogy, Aliss at the Fire, and Morning and Evening. He is one of the world’s most produced living playwrights. Winning numerous prestigious international awards throughout this career, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023.

About Kåre Conradi

Kåre Conradi is an acclaimed actor and voiceover artist. Born in Asker outside of Oslo, he trained at LAMDA and The Norwegian Academy of Dramatic Arts. In addition to other stage performances, he has been employed as a regular member at The National Theatre of Norway since 1999, where he has performed in more than thirty productions. His TV and film credits include Boys Will Be Boys, Wide Blue Yonder, The Philanthropist, Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice, King Curling, and The Conqueror.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on August 04, 2024

Life from dawn till sunset… The story begins with a childbirth… An appearance in the old world of a new human being… The morn of life… The father wants an inheritor… A successor to his walk of life… He wishes the son to be born… …and now he’s coming out, while Marta his mother screams in pain, out into......more

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on October 06, 2023

Jon Fosse, dubbed ‘the Becektt of the 21st Century’ by French newspaper Le Monde, has a staggeringly impressive career and output. The Norwegian novelist, poet, Ibsen Award-winning playwright has published over thirty books and twenty-eight plays, been named Chevalier to the French Ordre national du......more

Goodreads review by Juan on November 22, 2024

Mañana y Tarde es una breve obra existencialista y poética sobre el nacimiento y la muerte. Con lenguaje sencillo se narra la historia de Johannes, un pescador que vive en un ambiente rural y costero. Fosse refleja el pensamiento directo del hablante con frases intencionalmente repetitivas. La prosa......more

Goodreads review by Álvaro on October 17, 2023

Penso que este será um livro do qual dificilmente me vou esquecer, em especial das últimas páginas. Aviso importante: NÃO LEIAM A SINOPSE!. Arruina por completo a experiência de leitura, ao revelar um dado importantíssimo para a nossa relação com a história. (felizmente não tinha lido!)......more

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