| Melancholy Contributor(s): Fosse, Jon (Author), Kvernes, Grethe (Translator), Searls, Damion (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564784517 ISBN-13: 9781564784513 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2006 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006016852 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.58" W x 8.54" (0.87 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Melancholy" takes us deep inside a painter's fragile consciousness, vulnerable to everything but therefore uniquely able to see its beauty and its light. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fosse, Jon: - Called the new Ibsen in the German press, and heralded throughout Western Europe, Jon Fosse is one of contemporary Norwegian literature s most important writers. In 2000, his novel Melancholy won the Melsom Prize, and Fosse was awarded a lifetime stipend from the Norwegian government for his future literary efforts.Searls, Damion: - Damion Searls is a writer in English and translator from German, French, Dutch, and Norwegian. Searls has translated writers including Ingeborg Bachmann, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Handke, Christa Wolf; his translation of Hans Keilson's "Comedy in a Minor Key"was a New York Times Notable Book of 2010 and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in Fiction. |