The Dog Manuscripts

The Dog Manuscripts

Jon Fosse The Nobel Prize

Original title: Hundemanuskripta
Publisher: Samlaget, 1995, 1996, 1997
Genre: Short stories
Pages: 189 pages

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The Dog Manuscripts is a collection of three short stories written by Fosse in the late 90s. The texts read beautifully with the quirky, light, and humorous flow quintessential to Fosse’s style of writing.

No oh no, is a chronicle about Websterr the Dog. He lives a calm and sheltered life with an old woman, Oline. Websterr spends his life day dreaming of being Websterr the drifter, wandering through the world alone. One day, when Oline isn’t paying attention, he sees his chance and runs off in pursuit of adventures.

The second, My oh my, is the story of Olav, an elderly dog in a boathouse deep in the fjord. He has one friend, a bachelor as himself, living further up the mountain. But one day, when Olav is on his way to visit his only friend, he meets the most beautiful lady dog from the city. A life-changing meeting?

The final story, Dear oh dear takes place on a freighter, transporting sand and gravel between villages and towns. On board lives the skipper Moreld, with his dog Haktor, and not to mention the tramp, Einar. Haktor has learned how to accept Einar’s dislike of him…

Foreign rights

French: L’Arche Editeur
German: Carlsen Verlag

Jon Fosse’s Dog Manuscripts 1 is a little piece of art – in all its simplicity.

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Jon Fosse

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Nobel Prize-winner Jon Fosse (b. 1959), is widely considered one of the most important writers of our time. For almost forty years, he has written novels, plays, poems, stories, essays, and children’s books. His award-winning work has been translated into more than fifty languages and his plays have been staged over a thousand times all over the world.

Jon Fosse grew up in Strandebarm, a small village in the western part of Norway, he now in the Grotten, an honorary residence in Oslo, as well as in Hainburg, Austria, and Frekhaug, Norway.

Fosse was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023 and has received numerous prizes, both in Norway and internationally through the years.

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