Rêve d'automne et autres pièces

by Jon Fosse

Un cimetière à la fin de l'automne. Un homme et une femme se croisent sur un banc. On devine une relation amoureuse passée – ou à venir? Autour d’eux tout le monde s’affaire, s’agite, le temps semble s’accélérer, toujours en suspens. Que s’est-il passé? Des fantômes ou flottements de présences nichés dans les souvenirs, qui évoquent ces « voix des limbes » dont parlait Jacques Lassalle.

304 pages, Paperback

Published December 3, 2021

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

[Sophie D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pièces un peu tristes, mais sublimement poétiques. Les paroles des personnages sonnent très juste.

[Julien · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 oeuvres:
Rêve d’automne = 5/5 vraiment sympa et te retourne le cerveau
Visites = 4/5 manque d’une réel chute à la pièce
Dors mon petit enfant = 5/5 très court mais prenant
Et jamais nous ne serons séparés = 3/5 sympa mais trop répétitif même si le schéma narratif sort du lot et que ça rajoute un plus
En bref je conseille totalement surtout si vous aimez le style beckettien et si non ça ne va pas vous plaire

[Ryan Tellier]

These plays are often Beckett-derivative, but their style is married to enough of a skilled dream-like quality (where time and space become confused) and psychological acuity to make them worthwhile.