Morning and Evening

Resumen del libro

A novel about the birth and death of Johannes the fisherman -a key work in 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse's oeuvre. 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 labour, 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.

Biografía del autor

Jon Fosse nació en Haugesund, Noruega, en 1959 y es hoy, junto con Ibsen, el dramaturgo noruego más interpretado. Sus obras han sido traducidas a más de cuarenta idiomas. El 5 de octubre de 2023 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura x{0026} x0201C;por sus obras de teatro innovadoras y su prosa que dan voz a lo indescriptiblex{0026} x0201D;.