Stone to stone was received with outstanding reviews, with several critics praising Fosse’s ability to speak about the human condition, and bringing often grand question of existence into everyday language.
Fosse characterizes this as a small effortless collection of poetry. In addition to the 39 poems, there is a Psalm, Night Psalm, which is included in the new Norwegian psalmbook.
Jon Fosse
Tove Breistein
Jon Fosse is widely considered one of the world’s most important living writers, with an ability to touch readers across time and place. Born in 1959 in Strandebarm, a small village in the western part of Norway, he lives today in the Grotten, an honorary residence in Oslo bestowed for life by the King of Norway, as well as in Hainburg, Austria, and Frekhaug, Norway. Fosse is an unusually prolific writer. He debuted in 1983, and has since published novels, volumes of poetry, essay collections, and children’s books. His work has now been translated into more than 40 languages and his plays performed more than a thousand times around the world. In whatever genre he is writing in, Fosse’s language is poetic and existential, rhythmic and lyrical.
