{"product_id":"the-year-hardcover","title":"The Year - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary Norwegian fiction, Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely bound up with the author's personal experiences. His first book, \u003ci\u003eTramp\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced us to the wanderer Tomas; \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e told us how a boy approaches art and eventually becomes a writer; \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e examined love's labor--the job of writing; and in \u003ci\u003eBergerners\u003c\/i\u003e, he is torn between his love for his home town and what lies beyond. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e, 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written as a long poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Year\u003c\/i\u003e is Espedal's riveting stream of consciousness--profound, edgy, sometimes manic, but always intensely intimate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomas Espedal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels and prose collections, including \u003ci\u003eBergeners\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Seagull Books. \u003cb\u003eJames Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e's literary translations from the Norwegian include \u003ci\u003eBerlin Poplars, \u003c\/i\u003e by Anne B. Ragde, \u003ci\u003eNutmeg, \u003c\/i\u003e by Kristin Valla, and several books by Jostein Gaarder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.13 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768631886112,"sku":"9780857428509","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2d41c1eb50666d9e3e1b724c644c30ef.webp?v=1780334206","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-year-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}