Melancholy I-II: WINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

Jon Fosse

Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental ill-ness and died poor in 1902. In this wild, feverish narrative, Jon Fosse delves into Hertervig's mind as the events of one day precipitate his mental b...