A shining

by Jon Fosse

Rating: 4 (3 votes)

Tags: Set in Norway Male author Nobel Prize in Literature

A Shining

Description:
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and left, and ultimately finds himself stuck at the end of a forest road. It soon grows dark and begins to snow. But instead of searching for help, he ventures, foolishly, into the dark forest. Inevitably, the man gets lost, and as he grows cold and tired, he encounters a glowing being amid the obscurity. Strange, haunting and dreamlike, A Shining is the latest work of fiction by National Book Award-finalist Jon Fosse, the Beckett of the twenty-first century" ( Le Monde ).

Reviews:

Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Cathy
(1 year ago)
09 May, 2024
Short, surreal novella in which a driver becomes lost in the woods a few feet from his own car.
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(1 year ago)
17 Aug, 2024
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22 May, 2025
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