Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His
only friends are his neighbour Asleik a traditional fisherman-farmer and Beyer a gallerist
who lives in the city. There in Bjorgvin 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. In this second instalment
of Jon Fosse's Septology 'a major work of Scandinavian fiction' (Hari Kunzru) the two Asles
meet for the first time in their youth. They look strangely alike dress identically and both
want to be painters. At art school in Bjorgvin Asle meets and falls in love with his future
wife Ales. Written in 'melodious and hypnotic slow prose' I is Another: Septology III-V is an
exquisite metaphysical novel about love art God friendship and the passage of time.
