{"product_id":"vaim-by-jon-fosse","title":"Vaim by Jon Fosse","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Transit Books:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.transitbooks.org\/damion-searls\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nobel Laureate in Literature Jon Fosse, \u003cem\u003eVaim\u003c\/em\u003e begins a trilogy of novels set in a remote Norwegian fishing village. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJatgeir travels from the fishing village of Vaim to the city in search of a needle and thread. Cheated twice, he returns to his boat, where he falls asleep as waves rock the hull. Soon he is awakened by a voice: a woman is calling his name from the quay. There stands Eline, the secret love of his youth—and the namesake of his boat—with a packed suitcase. Eline pleads to come aboard. In what follows, this single encounter reverberates across three stories: three narrators, three deaths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first new work from Jon Fosse since he was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVaim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a spectral novel that wanders and watches, imbued with things half-seen, perhaps not of this world yet still caught in its rhythms. The first in a trilogy of novels, it continues his investigation into the human condition: the subtle encounters that come to define our lives and our deaths, and what lies in the threshold between what is and what is longed for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51480889065765,"sku":"9798893380217","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9798893380217_FC-1.webp?v=1761777390","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/vaim-by-jon-fosse","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}