#Jon Fosse

#Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse won the Nobel Prize in Literature and his recent seven-volume epic, Septology, serves as a guidebook and religious text. The story follows an aging painter as he prepares for his annual Christmas exhibit and contemplates accepting a Christmas dinner invitation from a friend. [ more ]

Jon Fosse, Nobel laureate in literature, reveals that his early books received poor reviews and he would have quit writing if he had listened to critics.

Fosse acknowledges that his works may have contributed to legitimizing suicide but also shares that readers have told him that his writing has saved their lives. [ more ]