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Description for Nightsongs
Paperback. A play by the poet and playwright Jon Fosse. This version is translated for the stage by playwright Gregory Motton. Two lovers have conflicting interests when they have a child together. Translator(s): Motton, Gregory. Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
They have a child and life changes. He can't go out and she can't stay in. He writes words that no one will publish and she takes a lover. "I don't know what it is/ that always make something happen/ But it must be something/ because something always happens/ I don't want anything to happen/ and then something/ happens all the same."
They have a child and life changes. He can't go out and she can't stay in. He writes words that no one will publish and she takes a lover. "I don't know what it is/ that always make something happen/ But it must be something/ because something always happens/ I don't want anything to happen/ and then something/ happens all the same."
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Oberon Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840022827
SKU
V9781840022827
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About Jon Fosse
"Jon Fosse's work includes novels, poetry, essays and books for children. He is one of the most produced playwrights in Europe and his plays have been translated into more than forty languages. Oberon Books publishes Plays One (Someone Is Going to Come, The Name, The Guitar Man, The Child), Plays Three (Mother and Child, Sleep my Baby Sleep, Afternoon, Beautiful, ... Read more
Reviews for Nightsongs
"""painfully absorbing"" Financial Times"