Wakefulness (novella)

Wakefulness

First edition
Author	Jon Fosse
Original title	Andvake
Translator	May-Brit Akerholt
Language	Norwegian
Genre	novel
Published	2007
Publisher	Samlaget
Publication place	Norway
Published in English	September 2016
Awards	Nordic Council's Literature Prize of 2015

Wakefulness (Norwegian : Andvake) is a 2007 novella by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.

The story is set a few hundred years ago. The young couple, "Asle" and "Alida", has come to the city of Bjørgvin, looking for a place to stay. She is expecting a child in a couple of days. Alida is an outcast, her own mother will not recognize her, and Asle is orphaned. Now they only have each other. A parallel can be drawn to the fate of Joseph and Mary in the Gospels. ^[1]

Awards

In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the trilogy Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams and Weariness . ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Straume, Anne Cathrine (15 August 2007). "Andvake". NRK . Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Zakariassen, Gaute (27 October 2015). "Nordisk råds litteraturpris til Jon Fosse". NRK . Retrieved 15 April 2016.
3. "2015 Jon Fosse, Norway: Andvake. Olavs draumar. Kveldsvævd". www.norden.org. The Nordic Council. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

• American publicity page