A New Name

In "A New Name," the final book of Jon Fosse's Septology, we meet Asle, an aging painter and widower living on the west coast of Norway, whose only companions are his neighbor Åsleik and the gallerist Beyer. Parallel to him is another Asle, a lonely, alcohol-consumed artist in Bjørgvin, revealing a profound exploration of identity as these two doppelgängers represent different paths of the same life. Crafted in hypnotic "slow prose," this exquisite metaphysical novel delves into themes of love, art, friendship, God, and the passage of time.