Aliss at the fire
By: Jon Fosse ; translated by Damion Searls
Contributors: Searls, Damion
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Champaign, [Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781564785732
Work titles: Det er Ales
Description: Slim, mournful tale of loss and memory in a coastal Norwegian town, first published in Norway in 2003. The novel opens with a series of shifts in perspective, time and identity that hint at the experimentation that follows. We immediately meet Signe, an aging woman living alone near a fjord. The story is set in 2002, but Signe is soon thinking back to 1979 and the day her husband, Asle, died while boating in the waters.
Notes: "Originally published in Norwegian as Det er Ales by Det Norske Samlaget, 2004"--T.p. verso.