What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? The year is coming to a
close and Asle an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway
is reminiscing about his life. His only friends are his neighbour Asleik a traditional
fisherman-farmer and Beyer a gallerist who lives in the city. There in Bjrgvin lives
another Asle also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are
doppelgangers - two versions of the same person two versions of the same life both grappling
with existential questions about life death love light and shadow faith and hopelessness.
Written in melodious and hypnotic 'slow prose' The Other Name: Septology I-II is an indelible
and poignant exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse 'a major European writer' (Karl
Ove Knausgaard) in which everything is always there and past and present flow together.
