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Morning & Evening by Jon Fosse
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Morning and Evening written by Jon Fosse translated by Damion Searls and narrated by Kare Conradi was the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in 2023 and was translated from teh original Norwegian in 2015
Kare Conradi has achieved what would seem an insurmountable task for a narrator and he does it with strong articulation, emotive vocalisation and downright talent. As a narrator, I canattest to how punctuation enables the script to be annotated much like a music score, but what to do when the author completely changes the rules and creates a new type of pace and lyricism? You make it work and Kare Conradi made it work and made it work to an epic level. I cannot even give this performance 5 stars as it supercedes that by far so I will just say I was left without words. Blinding
So if the narration is that good, what about the book? It is simply incredible, innovative but immersed deeply in tradition, an exploration of life and death from different perspectives, written with a high level of intensity due to the restructuring of punctuation and language and this is not about the translation, this is howit was written and the translation is perfection, retaining the depth of the narrative and not detracting from it
The book is written in two parts, life and death, birth to passing and it is absolutely incredible. Whether print or audiobook, this is a book that exemplifies the concept of reading as an experience and with leave you breathless and wondering what just hit you. Incredible
Thank you to Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, the author Jon Fosse, the translator Damian Searls and the narrator Kare Conradi for this mindblowing ALC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own
Kare Conradi has achieved what would seem an insurmountable task for a narrator and he does it with strong articulation, emotive vocalisation and downright talent. As a narrator, I canattest to how punctuation enables the script to be annotated much like a music score, but what to do when the author completely changes the rules and creates a new type of pace and lyricism? You make it work and Kare Conradi made it work and made it work to an epic level. I cannot even give this performance 5 stars as it supercedes that by far so I will just say I was left without words. Blinding
So if the narration is that good, what about the book? It is simply incredible, innovative but immersed deeply in tradition, an exploration of life and death from different perspectives, written with a high level of intensity due to the restructuring of punctuation and language and this is not about the translation, this is howit was written and the translation is perfection, retaining the depth of the narrative and not detracting from it
The book is written in two parts, life and death, birth to passing and it is absolutely incredible. Whether print or audiobook, this is a book that exemplifies the concept of reading as an experience and with leave you breathless and wondering what just hit you. Incredible
Thank you to Netgalley, Dreamscape Media, the author Jon Fosse, the translator Damian Searls and the narrator Kare Conradi for this mindblowing ALC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own