Morning and Evening (2nd Edition)

By: Jon Fosse

Narrated by: Kåre Conradi

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning.

©2024 Jon Fosse (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Different for me. Very good.

It’s a short read. But seems longer. And was just enough. It takes getting used the narrator. Who was perfect. Then you get in the cadence of the story. And once you are in, at least for me I could hear nothing else. I can’t think of the right word. It’s different. I’m always open to other peoples insights on this topic. I am not giving too must away. I’ll be thinking about this book for days to come.

A short beautiful story about life’s start and end

Good narration and beautiful short story about a life in its start and ending. I likes it!

Cativante

O livro é um belo convite à reflexão sobre nossa jornada neste plano existencial.

Haircut

Fosse has clearly read Joyce & Ulysses. Yes…Definitely blurs the margin or littoral between sea & sky…life & death. Yes he says…yes!

Just kind of boring

Just found the story a bit boring. Great writing, confusing plot, little explanations or any remarkable moments.