Namnet

by Jon Fosse

I NAMNET MØTER VI eit ungt par som dreg heim til hennar foreldre. Jenta er høggravid og dei manglar bustad. Det er eit drama om kor vanskeleg der er å forstå kvarandre og om lengselen etter at nokon skal bry seg om ein. Gjennom å plassere enkle personar i avgjerande situasjonar, sier Fosse noko allment og vesentleg om det moderne mennesket.

Genres: Plays, School

118 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

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

[Ragna Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Et merkelig lite mesterverk!

[Noam · Rating 3 out of 5]

‘Meisje’, heel jong en hoogzwanger, keert terug naar huis. ‘Jongen’, haar vriend, is ook gekomen. ‘Zus’, ‘Moeder’ en ’Vader’ zijn er. Ze praten, maar niet mét elkaar. Bjarne, de buurjongen, komt langs. Vroeger had hij wat met het meisje. Ze wordt terloops Beate genoemd. Het enige waar ze het over kunnen hebben is de naam van de toekomstige baby. En de baby zal waarschijnlijk net zo naamloos zijn als iedereen in dit gezin. Een gezin zonder contact, aftastend in het donker. Het is grijs, koud, vlak, vreemd, doods, uitzichtloos.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

From BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3:
Norwegian Jon Fosse, winner of the prestigious International Ibsen Prize in 2010, is one of the world's most performed playwrights. His breakthrough came with Namnet ('The Name'), written in 1995, and it remains one of his most widely produced plays. It tells the story of a pregnant young woman's return to the claustrophobia of family home with the reluctant father-to-be in tow. Translated by Gregory Motton.

The Girl ..... Norah Lopez Holden
The Boy ..... Joseph Ayre
The Mother ..... Ellie Darvill
The Father ..... Philip Bretherton
The Sister ..... Isabella Inchbald
Bjarne ..... Nikhil Parmar

Directed by Toby Swift

British playwright Simon Stephens introduces the drama. His adaptation of Fosse's play I AM THE WIND was performed at the Young Vic in 2011.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r...

[Bettie · Rating 2 out of 5]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r...

Description: I NAMNET MØTER VI eit ungt par som dreg heim til hennar foreldre. Jenta er høggravid og dei manglar bustad. Det er eit drama om kor vanskeleg der er å forstå kvarandre og om lengselen etter at nokon skal bry seg om ein. Gjennom å plassere enkle personar i avgjerande situasjonar, sier Fosse noko allment og vesentleg om det moderne mennesket.

Norwegian Jon Fosse, winner of the prestigious International Ibsen Prize in 2010, is one of the world's most performed playwrights. His breakthrough came with Namnet ('The Name'), written in 1995, and it remains one of his most widely produced plays. It tells the story of a pregnant young woman's return to the claustrophobia of family home with the reluctant father-to-be in tow. Translated by Gregory Motton.

The Girl ..... Norah Lopez Holden
The Boy ..... Joseph Ayre
The Mother ..... Ellie Darvill
The Father ..... Philip Bretherton
The Sister ..... Isabella Inchbald
Bjarne ..... Nikhil Parmar

Directed by Toby Swift

British playwright Simon Stephens introduces the drama. His adaptation of Fosse's play I AM THE WIND was performed at the Young Vic in 2011.

[João Reis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fosse é tão pretensioso enquanto dramaturgo como quanto romancista. Leva 3 estrelas, porque sou do bom tempo.

[Elias Blichfeldt Mørk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kontrast å bli ferdig med to og en halv måned Ringenes Herre i formiddag, og så lese hele Namnet under kveldens legging av dattera.

Elsker språket og flyten, å være i Fossestova, klarer ikke legge fra meg, blir grepet av trange relasjoner som er litt gjenkjennbare men i hvert fall frustrerende, faller av på slutten, skal ikke late som jeg skjønner noe av den eller kanskje det ikke er noe å skjønne, men for meg trekker den ned

[Zuzka-knižníček · Rating 4 out of 5]

Opět jedna z věcí, které bych si nikdy nepřečetla, pokud by nebylo výzvy. Dvě divadelní hry z pera současného norského autora byly obě velmi originální a zajímavé. Obě hry jsou zaměřeny na rodinné vztahy, určitou specifikací je málo postav, vše jsou obecné názvy postav jako sestra, dcera, matka, atd. Autor také vkládá těmto postavám do úst velmi krátké, strohé texty, které nám ale jasně vypoví myšlenku, kterou chtěl na čtenáře přenést - u mě se mu to tedy velmi dařilo a neuzavřené dialogy (občas i monology) mě velmi bavily a čtení jsem si užila. Za mě můžu doporučit.

[Julián · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este señor hace de una situación cotidiana una historia maravillosa.

[Henriette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rar og kompleks, men likevel lett å forstå (?). Merkelig. Gøy.

[Freja Rumpnisse · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5

[David Aasen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Foruroligende og intenst hverdagslig.
3,5 stjerner.

[Ari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Probablemente la traducción al español no ayude, y eso se traslade a diálogos inconexos o con poca riqueza gestual. La chica, el chico, los padres y Bjarne dan a la obra un ida y vuelta donde todo el tiempo pareciese que va a suceder algo, y suceden pequeños actos, expresiones instantáneas, a veces simples y familiares, otras simples dejando vacíos.

[Ole M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Her ble det vakre-seige litt for seigt.

[OM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Både vond og morsom - men aller mest hverdagslig.

[Xuccc_yt · Rating 5 out of 5]

译林出版社，邬鲁路译本，《名字》

[Raúl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Todo un juego de insinuaciones y de silencios y sobreentendidos que articulan posibilidades de tramas más que algo definido.