Cannabaceae

Wakefulness
First edition
AuthorJon Fosse
Original titleAndvake
TranslatorMay-Brit Akerholt
LanguageNorwegian
Genrenovel
Published2007
PublisherSamlaget
Publication placeNorway
Published in English
September 2016
AwardsNordic 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

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

References

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  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.
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