Visites / Variations sur la mort

by Jon Fosse

"J'écris en ce qui concerne la forme, pas le contenu des textes fermés sans vouloir les rendre énigmatiques parce que je sais pertinemment ce que j'écris. S'ils font référence à un contexte social ou politique, ce n'est pas mon intention, mais je ne m'y oppose pas non plus. Les images du vide que je conçois peuvent dire quelque chose sur notre société, elles le font pourtant d'une manière implicite.
En ce sens, mon écriture est en effet un commentaire critique, voire politique, si on veut". Le secret des pièces de Fosse : on est entraîné par un courant, par le rythme précis, les pauses bien calculées entre les dialogues restreints. Fosse ne mesure pas l'atmosphère de notre époque à ses excès et à ses catastrophes mais à sa teinte et à son ton général. Ainsi les personnages de Fosse se détachent de leur contexte peu spectaculaire et renvoient le lecteur à quelque chose de plus universel.

185 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Jon Olav Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart (Red, black). His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry, children's books, essays and plays. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. He is widely considered as one of the world's greatest contemporary playwrights. Fosse was made a chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France in 2007. Fosse also has been ranked number 83 on the list of the Top 100 living geniuses by The Daily Telegraph.

He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".

Since 2011, Fosse has been granted the Grotten, an honorary residence owned by the Norwegian state and located on the premises of the Royal Palace in the city centre of Oslo. The Grotten is given as a permanent residence to a person specifically bestowed this honour by the King of Norway for their contributions to Norwegian arts and culture.

Reviews

[Trombone · Rating 5 out of 5]

C'est fantastique!