A Shining by Jon Fosse (tr. Damion Searls) featured in The New York Times

September 27 2023

Jon Fosse’s first work since the critically acclaimed Septology, A Shining was featured in 34 works of fiction to read this fall : “Fosse has become something of a literary sensation after the popularity of his dark-horse Septology series. In his new novel, a man makes a series of wrong turns, gets out of his car, starts walking through the forest and becomes dazzled by the titular “shining” and other near-death hallucinations.”

Transit Books will publish in USA in November, so will Fitzcarraldo editions in UK.

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June 5 2025

Jon Fosse published in The New Yorker!

Jon Fosse’s new novel, “Vaim” will be published in Norwegian and many more languages this coming autumn. Last Sunday, The New Yorker presented an excerpt in Damion Searls’ translation, along with an interview with the author.

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