ARGONAUT BOOKS

A novel about the birth and death of Johannes the fisherman - a key work in 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse's oeuvre.  Reviews 'Fosse has a precious ear for the muted whimpers of grief; there are such depths of ache contained in this brief novel. That we begin the journey of dying as soon as we are born may be one of this book's most effectively dramatized insights, but it succeeds, no less brilliantly, in conveying late-life pain and melancholia; what the days feel like once friends and lovers are gone and we have but our own vanishing selves for company.' - Yagnishsing D...Read More