Author | Jon Fosse |
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Original title | Olavs draumar |
Translator | May-Brit Akerholt |
Country | Norway |
Language | Norwegian |
Genre | novel |
Published | 2012 |
Published in English
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September 2016 |
Awards | Nordic Council's Literature Prize of 2015 |
Olav's Dreams (Nynorsk: Olavs draumar) is a 2012 novel by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.
The story is set a few hundred years ago. The fiddler "Olav" is hunted by his past as a killer. Leaving the city and changing his name has not helped much.
In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the trilogy Wakefulness, Olavs draumar and Weariness.