These seasonal plays are typical Fosse, imbuing mundane situations with an almost hypnotic intensity.
A Summer’s Day (written in 1997)
Dream of Autumn (written in1998)
Meanwhile the Lights Go Down and Everything Becomes Black (written in 1999)
Visits (written in1999)
Sleep My Baby Sleep
Winter
Afternoon
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.
