Morning and Evening: 2nd Edition

by Jon Fosse Narrated by Kåre Conradi

Overview

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning.

Editorial Reviews

APRIL 2024 - AudioFile

Jon Fosse, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023, has not reached a large audience in English, perhaps because of his Scandinavian tendency toward dark introspection. The relatively short opening section of this audiobook covers the birth of Johannes, a moment of hope and pride for his father, but the rest involves his death many years later. Listeners get hints of what has come between, but most of the action takes place inside Johannes's head. Kåre Conradi's performance is mostly straightforward since the dominant mood of this interior narrative is puzzlement. When strong emotion is called for, Conradi delivers. Since everything is seen from the single viewpoint of Johannes, Conradi doesn't try to differentiate voices, but it's always clear who is speaking (and there isn't much dialogue). D.M.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160541884
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	03/26/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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