# The Year - Hardcover

by **Tomas Espedal** (Author), **James Anderson** (Translator)

In contemporary Norwegian fiction, Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely bound up with the author's personal experiences. His first book, _Tramp_, introduced us to the wanderer Tomas; _Against Art_ told us how a boy approaches art and eventually becomes a writer; _Against Nature_ examined love's labor--the job of writing; and in _Bergerners_, he is torn between his love for his home town and what lies beyond. Now, in _The Year_, we encounter the author's struggle to reconcile his inner life with the external world, and the myriad forms of love, hate, loss, and death--both personal and literary--with the immutable pattern of time and the seasons. It is the journal of a year, a diary like no other. And suffusing it all are questions Petrarch asked: How do you live when the one you love is gone? And when your life force shifts from spring to autumn, how do you find the good death?

Written as a long poem, _The Year_ is Espedal's riveting stream of consciousness--profound, edgy, sometimes manic, but always intensely intimate.  

### Author Biography

**Tomas Espedal** is the author of several novels and prose collections, including _Bergeners_, _Against Art_, _Against Nature_, both published by Seagull Books. **James Anderson**'s literary translations from the Norwegian include _Berlin Poplars,_ by Anne B. Ragde, _Nutmeg,_ by Kristin Valla, and several books by Jostein Gaarder.

**Number of Pages:** 212

**Dimensions:** 0.94 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN

**Publication Date:** October 13, 2021

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