Trilogy is Jon Fosse's critically acclaimed, luminous love story about Asle and Alida, two lovers trying to find their place in this world. Homeless and sleepless, they wander around Bergen in the rain, trying to make a life for themselves and the child they expect.
John Fosse has been awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (the Booker of Scandinavia) and the Norwegian Ibsen Prize, among others:
1998 Nynorsk Literature Prize
1997 Aschehoug Prize
1999 Dobloug Prize
2003 Norsk kulturråds ærespris
2003 Nynorsk Literature Prize
2003 Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France (2003)
2005 Brage Prize
2005 Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
2007 The Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
2007 The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs' Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
2010 The Ibsen Award
2014 European Prize for Literature
2015 Nordic Council's Literature Prize
" . . . an exploration of zones that are murky, dangerous, crucial, where craftmanship and inspiration seek and repulse each other."
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LeMonde