The Vaim Weekly
Jon Fosse The Nobel Prize
Original title: Vaim vekeblad
Publisher: Samlaget, 2027
Genre: Novel
The Vaim Weekly is a story about a newspaper office. Even though The Vaim Weekly is published once a week, not much happens in Vaim, so the editor relies heavily on illustrated Obituaries. Working for the paper are a reporter named Sjursen, who doesn’t like talking to people; Guro, The Secretary, rumored to be having an affair with The Editor; and a reporter who takes his own life. When a new reporter is hired, The Editor himself is dead but still in the office, acting as if he were alive. From the editor’s chair, he sees himself walking on water, following other dead people out across the dark open sea.
To be published in 2027.
Foreign rights
Dutch: Uitgeverij Oevers
English (UK): Fitzcarraldo
English (North America): Transit Books
German: Rowohlt