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“... Jon Fosse​ doesn’t use sentences, or prefers not to end them. When you open Septology, with its smallish print and narrow margins, it can feel like a death sentence – all the more so since the book, much possessed with death, runs to more than eight hundred pages. There are no paragraphs or full stops here ...”

“... two who had somehow found the time to pass her university exams and write books. The writers were Jon Fosse and Vigdis Hjorth, and their respective media profiles were now set. His books were serious, hers were not.We know how it turned out for Fosse. Hjorth’s road to literary prestige has been long and winding. The ...”