Melancholy II / Jon Fosse ; translated by Eric Dickens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fosse, Jon, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Dickens, Eric, translator.

Series:

Norwegian literature series

Standardized Title:

Melancholia II. English

Language:

English

Norwegian

Subjects (All):

Hertervig, Oline--Fiction.

Hertervig, Oline.

Hertervig, Lars, 1830-1902--Family--Fiction.

Hertervig, Lars.

Hertervig, Lars, 1830-1902.

Sisters--Fiction.

Sisters.

Death--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Brothers--Death--Fiction.

Brothers.

Brothers--Death.

Death--Psychological aspects--Fiction.

Death.

Old age--Fiction.

Old age.

Norway--Fiction.

Norway.

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Stream of consciousness fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

97 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Melancholy 2

Melancholy two

Place of Publication:

Champaign : Dalkey Archive Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Translated from the Norwegian.

Summary:

"Not so much a sequel as an alternate perspective, Jon Fosse's coda to his brilliant and much-lauded Melancholy picks up the story of tormented landscape painter Lars Hertervig in 1902, shortly after his death. Taking place, like Melancholy, over the course of a single day, it treats us to the thoughts of Hertervig's sister, carrying on with her life in the absence of her eccentric brother. She recalls their childhood under a domineering father, remembering Hertervig's difficulties fitting in, and likewise Hertervig the man: poor, always hovering on the brink, fanatical about painting and his own perceived shortcomings as an artist and human being. In the same hypnotic prose for which Fosse is famous, Melancholy II serves as an investigation not only into the 'collateral damage' wrought by art and artists, but into a master's tools and obsessions as well."--Publisher's website.

Notes:

Translation of: Melancholia II.

ISBN:

9781564789044

1564789047

OCLC:

861073139