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Boathouse
One of Jon Fosse's most acclaimed novels, Boathouse is told from the perspective of an unnamed narrator leading a largely hermit-like existence until he unexpectedly encounters a long-lost childhood friend and his wife. Told partially in a stream-of-consciousness style and with an atmosphere reminiscent of a gripping crime novel, Boathouse slowly unravels the story of a love triangle leading to jealousy, betrayal, and eventually death.
117 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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Jon Fosse
249books1,585followersJon Olav Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart (Red, black). His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry, children's books, essays and plays. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. He is widely considered as one of the world's greatest contemporary playwrights. Fosse was made a chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France in 2007. Fosse also has been ranked number 83 on the list of the Top 100 living geniuses by The Daily Telegraph.
He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".
Since 2011, Fosse has been granted the Grotten, an honorary residence owned by the Norwegian state and located on the premises of the Royal Palace in the city centre of Oslo. The Grotten is given as a permanent residence to a person specifically bestowed this honour by the King of Norway for their contributions to Norwegian arts and culture.
He was awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable".
Since 2011, Fosse has been granted the Grotten, an honorary residence owned by the Norwegian state and located on the premises of the Royal Palace in the city centre of Oslo. The Grotten is given as a permanent residence to a person specifically bestowed this honour by the King of Norway for their contributions to Norwegian arts and culture.
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March 12, 2018
Fosse is a novelist who loves repetition. This repetitive novel, written by Fosse, who is a novelist, features an isolated protagonist, who is written by Fosse, the novelist, the fan of repetitive prose, who reacts to the return of childhood friend Knut, in his small Norwegian village, in this novel written by Fosse, a Norwegian novelist, a Norwegian novelist named Fosse who is so famous in Norway, he has a writing room in the royal palace, who reacts to his childhood friend Knut returning home, and encounters Knut’s flirtatious wife, another character in this repetitive novel by Fosse, a wealthy, super-famous (in Norway) Norwegian novelist from Norwegistan, Norway, who has written a novel about an isolated protagonist, who encounters a childhood friend Knut and his flirtatious wife, who smooches him at a local dance, and who tells the story (in this Norwegian novel by Fosse, a novelist who the Queen loves) of the isolated protagonist in three parts, the first from the narrator’s perspective, the second from the narrator’s perspective of Knut’s perspective, the third from a detached perspective of what happened once the novel puttered to an end under the strain of such excessive, brutalising repetition in a novel from Norwegian novelist Fosse who sleeps with the King in the palace in the land of Norwegia.
April 17, 2025
Jon Fosse has one stylistic approach in his prose writing. It’s based on rhythm and repetition. The reader, once they get the rhythm is lulled into a continuous reading stream experience. I don’t know how else to describe it. A sentence can have an endless variation yet be different, ever so slightly from the previous one, or the sentence with slight variation expresses the same thing over and over. Like a period of restlessness.
At first, I thought these to be a simulation of the internal world. I mean no one thinks in complete sentences, paragraphs, grammatical correctness and each new thought is not novel. We tend to repeat in our heads our own conscious concerns. So, I kind of admired this glimpse into another consciousness approach. Though, I don’t know if that is what he’s doing, can’t be sure.
So, I’m drawn along on a current of words about a narrator, around 30yo, his old school friend Knut and Knut’s wife when the family visits the old town. Knut has left, become educated, got a job as a music teacher, had two kids. The family plan to spend the summer on holiday in his home town, he hasn’t been back in ten years, or at least hasn’t spoken to the narrator in ten years. They were close, did everything together as kids, had a band together, hung out. Then Knut leaves. The return is tense, something happens, the narrator then remains restless, uneasy, he stops going out and writes. He writes to keep the restlessness at bay. There are strange goings on in the marriage and our narrator is caught up in them. The restlessness is about some tension unspoken.
Few things happen. There is a fishing expedition to an island on the fjord. A folk dance where our narrator plays guitar in a two-piece band. He stops playing after that night and writes. Something happens, it unnerves him enough to spend all his time indoors writing from then on. The narrator is caught up in the couple’s whirlwind state. The couple aren’t happy and it’s kind of weird. As a result he writes the thing we are reading (it seems).
Thing is, none of this is a spoiler. I’m left with images from a poetic quality of writing. The events are etched in my head now. I could write another stream of events in another paragraph like the one above and you’d know all the action: though there isn’t much.
As I was reading, enjoying the rhythm, I wondered how short the work would be if all the repetitions were removed. Call it quantitative reviewing, using words as data. I’d say only 10 per cent would remain, a short story, told simply. And it kind of annoys me but I don’t know why it annoys me. I’m familiar with the style. It’s not even a novelty.
The boathouse features as the pace where the two men played as children. A place where the two friends spent much time: used it for band practice, tidied it up, know its peculiarities. You enter through a hatch door and open the boat gates only from the inside. The boathouse is still there when they are men in their early thirties. A little decrepit. It feels as though not much has changed in their town, except events happen to its inhabitants that cannot be repaired.
Reading this book was a kind of accident. I finally went into town to my favourite bookshop looking for a different book they didn't have. A book no one seems to have. I saw this and a Javier Marias novel I hadn't read and bought both. I started reading the Fosse on the way home on the tram and kept reading. I hadn't intended to, it kind of happened.
December 27, 2023
2,5⭐️
Denne falt ikke helt i smak.
Jeg leste og leste uten å bli helt klok på hva boka egentlig handla om, og den voldsomme mengden repetisjon gjorde meg mer og mer irritert. Oppførselen til kona var mildt sagt merkelig � og ikke på en interessant måte. Jeg syns generelt at trekantdramaet var über-kleint.
Jeg ble imidlertid veldig mye klokere av å lese andres omtaler av boka etter endt lesning, og disse omtalene ga meg mer respekt for Naustet.
Selv om denne boka ikke funka helt for meg, gleder jeg meg allikevel til å prøve meg på andre Jon Fosse-bøker i fremtiden.
Jeg elsket jo tross alt Morgon og kveld. Og jeg syns skrivestilen hans er såpass spennende at jeg er nysgjerrig på hva han har fått til med de andre bøkene sine.
Denne falt ikke helt i smak.
Jeg leste og leste uten å bli helt klok på hva boka egentlig handla om, og den voldsomme mengden repetisjon gjorde meg mer og mer irritert. Oppførselen til kona var mildt sagt merkelig � og ikke på en interessant måte. Jeg syns generelt at trekantdramaet var über-kleint.
Jeg ble imidlertid veldig mye klokere av å lese andres omtaler av boka etter endt lesning, og disse omtalene ga meg mer respekt for Naustet.
Selv om denne boka ikke funka helt for meg, gleder jeg meg allikevel til å prøve meg på andre Jon Fosse-bøker i fremtiden.
Jeg elsket jo tross alt Morgon og kveld. Og jeg syns skrivestilen hans er såpass spennende at jeg er nysgjerrig på hva han har fått til med de andre bøkene sine.
January 17, 2024
Repetisjonen opplevde jeg at ble litt trasig til tider. Det ble liksom litt tungt å starte og slutte et kapittel. På bokklubb møtet idag kommenterte Mina på at skrivestilen føles litt som en sånn tankeskriving øvelse hvor man bare skriver uten å stoppe, og jeg er veldig enig. Den føles veldig heseblesende. Det gjorde jo også at jeg følte veldig på uroen som jeg-personen også føler på.
Jeg tok meg i å bli veldig nysgjerrig på å høre mer om hvordan de hadde det som ungdommer. Synes det var veldig spennende å få litt tilbakeblikk. Synes også det er spennende å reflektere litt utover hva som kan ha skjedd for at ting gikk som det gikk, det er jo en ganske rar fortelling.
Alt i alt vil jeg si at jeg likte boka, skulle kanskje ønske at jeg brukte litt lengre tid på den. Selv om det går an å lese den på to dager (helt sikkert en også) vil jeg ikke anbefale det.
Jeg tok meg i å bli veldig nysgjerrig på å høre mer om hvordan de hadde det som ungdommer. Synes det var veldig spennende å få litt tilbakeblikk. Synes også det er spennende å reflektere litt utover hva som kan ha skjedd for at ting gikk som det gikk, det er jo en ganske rar fortelling.
Alt i alt vil jeg si at jeg likte boka, skulle kanskje ønske at jeg brukte litt lengre tid på den. Selv om det går an å lese den på to dager (helt sikkert en også) vil jeg ikke anbefale det.
January 20, 2020
Bom dia!
Loděnice česky nikdy nevyšla a tak jsem byl donucen vodmontovat šrouby v palici a čítat po slovensky. Akože totok jé škandál, páni vydavatelja, prečo to nie pretranslatuované? Dofrasa ty kokos! Čo su nějaké Rytmus či čo? Ešče ščaščia že jsom pozeral kompletné série Farmár hladá ženu a Bůčkovcou a tým pádom som ve Slovenščině obratný ako naturálný Slovačiško!
V tomto vesnickém thrilleru se opět jede podle pravidel Jon Bon Fosseho, tj. opakování matka moudrosti. V centru příběhu jsou dva penisy, jeden vjezd do važíny a stará loděnice. Zápletka mi tedy dost připomněla legendární film Banging my friends wife in old loděnice, který je volně ke shlédnutí na PornHubu.
Ale jak už to tak bejvá, co se ve Fosseho knihách děje je tak trochu jedno - jde o to, co z toho dokáže vydolovat. A tentokrát toho zase vydoloval víc než jsem čekal.
9/10
Loděnice česky nikdy nevyšla a tak jsem byl donucen vodmontovat šrouby v palici a čítat po slovensky. Akože totok jé škandál, páni vydavatelja, prečo to nie pretranslatuované? Dofrasa ty kokos! Čo su nějaké Rytmus či čo? Ešče ščaščia že jsom pozeral kompletné série Farmár hladá ženu a Bůčkovcou a tým pádom som ve Slovenščině obratný ako naturálný Slovačiško!
V tomto vesnickém thrilleru se opět jede podle pravidel Jon Bon Fosseho, tj. opakování matka moudrosti. V centru příběhu jsou dva penisy, jeden vjezd do važíny a stará loděnice. Zápletka mi tedy dost připomněla legendární film Banging my friends wife in old loděnice, který je volně ke shlédnutí na PornHubu.
Ale jak už to tak bejvá, co se ve Fosseho knihách děje je tak trochu jedno - jde o to, co z toho dokáže vydolovat. A tentokrát toho zase vydoloval víc než jsem čekal.
9/10
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January 14, 2024Første møte med Fosse. Interessant. Blei nysgjerrig på mer. Kleint. Intenst. Kan ikke gi en nobelprisvinner terningkast. Det går ikke.
January 24, 2025
Interesting way of writing, and a great build throughout the book. The ending, however, was a little anticlimactic in comparison to the leading up to it.
June 6, 2024
Naustet er eit trekantdrama om to menn som ikkje klarar å kommunisere kjenslene sine og ei kvinne som ikkje får det ho treng frå nokon av dei.
Her er det to-tre parallelle historiar som føregår på ulike tidspunkt. Majoriteten av boka handlar om venskapen mellom dei to mannfolka i barndommen og i vaksen alder. Mot slutten får vi lese ei historie frå ungdomsåra deira.
Sjalusi er ein raud tråd i forteljinga og eg kjøper dei to vestlandskarane med underutviklinga emosjonell kompetanse. Denne karaktersvakheita kjem til uttrykk i språkleg kollaps mot slutten av dei to fyrste aktene/kapitla(?). Der bryt språket opp og Fosse brukar korte, usamanhengande ein- og tostavingsord. Det var eit kult og effektivt grep.
Denne var betrakteleg nærare Trilogien (knallgod) enn Kvitleik (dårleg) i kvalitet, men manglar dei emosjonelle toppane og bunnane ein finn i Trilogien for å nå heilt opp.
Her er det to-tre parallelle historiar som føregår på ulike tidspunkt. Majoriteten av boka handlar om venskapen mellom dei to mannfolka i barndommen og i vaksen alder. Mot slutten får vi lese ei historie frå ungdomsåra deira.
Sjalusi er ein raud tråd i forteljinga og eg kjøper dei to vestlandskarane med underutviklinga emosjonell kompetanse. Denne karaktersvakheita kjem til uttrykk i språkleg kollaps mot slutten av dei to fyrste aktene/kapitla(?). Der bryt språket opp og Fosse brukar korte, usamanhengande ein- og tostavingsord. Det var eit kult og effektivt grep.
Denne var betrakteleg nærare Trilogien (knallgod) enn Kvitleik (dårleg) i kvalitet, men manglar dei emosjonelle toppane og bunnane ein finn i Trilogien for å nå heilt opp.
December 6, 2023
koste meg veldig med denne! skulle nesten ønske jeg var med i bokklubb, følte for å snakke om denne med folk. liker så godt måten den er skrevet på, gjentagelsene og de små variasjonene i dem, som tidvis avslører veldig viktige ting. det føltes veldig kult og gøy hver gang «noe nytt» kom fram. likte veldig godt, og anbefaler til alle! tror det er god starterbok for folk som vil «prøve litt» fosse.
July 31, 2024
Skikkelig guffen stemning i denne 👍🏻
April 9, 2024
Det følest litt medgangssupporter å seia at ein likar Jon Fosse no, men jo, eg likte denne boka veldig godt. Eg vart sugd inn og ville ikkje leggja h0 frå meg. Gjentakingane, som alle snakkar om, fungerte veldig godt. Dei følest ikkje som eit "kunstnarisk grep" berre for det "kunstnarisk grepet" si skuld - det følest som ein veldig logisk måte å formidla korleis tankane til hovudpersonen kvernar rundt og rundt noko som han ikkje klarer å leggja bak seg.
Ein generell observasjon frå ein nykomar til Fosse-verda utan særleg peiling på moderne skjønnlitteratur, er kor jordnært Fosse skriv. Språket er veldig enkelt og naturleg, svært få framandord - dette er ikkje oppstylta, pretensiøs klisjé-intellektuell høglitteratur. Det er veldig lesbart.
Ein generell observasjon frå ein nykomar til Fosse-verda utan særleg peiling på moderne skjønnlitteratur, er kor jordnært Fosse skriv. Språket er veldig enkelt og naturleg, svært få framandord - dette er ikkje oppstylta, pretensiøs klisjé-intellektuell høglitteratur. Det er veldig lesbart.
May 28, 2022
Neuveriteľný čitateľský zážitok. Príbeh dvoch kamarátov z detstva, ktorých spojila hudba a stará lodenica, v ktorej chceli založiť kapelu a nacvičovať.
Stretávajú sa po rokoch. Dostávajú sa spoločne s manželkou jedného z nich do situácie plnej napätia, nedorozumení, vzájomnej príťažlivosti a nevyslovených pocitov a emócií.
Fosse bravúrne zachytáva vnútorný monológ a prežívanie rozprávača, ktorý žije s psychickým ochorením, ktoré sa prejavuje nepokojom, uzavretosťou, neschopnosťou nadviazať kontakt s ľuďmi a nutnosťou prekonať vnútornú tenziu vypísaním sa zo všetkých prežitých situácií. Tento monológ a nepokoj sa prejavuje neustálou repetetívnosťou a vracaniu sa k rovnakej situácii znova a znova.
V poslednej štvrtine knihe nastane v rozprávaní akými zlom, kedy sa rozprávač prenesie do mysle svojho kamaráta a na všetko sa pozerá jeho očami, jeho mysľou a jeho prežívaním.
Lodenica je nenápadná, silná a znepokojivá kniha, ktorá zachytáva prežívania a vnútorné svety jej protagonistov. Lodenica je dronom do vnútorného sveta, do mysle a do duše. Po jej prečítaní sa vás zmocní, podobne ako rozprávača " akými zvláštny nepokoj". nepokoj, s ktorým on musí žiť, my ho môžeme iba sledovať bez hodnotenia.
Stretávajú sa po rokoch. Dostávajú sa spoločne s manželkou jedného z nich do situácie plnej napätia, nedorozumení, vzájomnej príťažlivosti a nevyslovených pocitov a emócií.
Fosse bravúrne zachytáva vnútorný monológ a prežívanie rozprávača, ktorý žije s psychickým ochorením, ktoré sa prejavuje nepokojom, uzavretosťou, neschopnosťou nadviazať kontakt s ľuďmi a nutnosťou prekonať vnútornú tenziu vypísaním sa zo všetkých prežitých situácií. Tento monológ a nepokoj sa prejavuje neustálou repetetívnosťou a vracaniu sa k rovnakej situácii znova a znova.
V poslednej štvrtine knihe nastane v rozprávaní akými zlom, kedy sa rozprávač prenesie do mysle svojho kamaráta a na všetko sa pozerá jeho očami, jeho mysľou a jeho prežívaním.
Lodenica je nenápadná, silná a znepokojivá kniha, ktorá zachytáva prežívania a vnútorné svety jej protagonistov. Lodenica je dronom do vnútorného sveta, do mysle a do duše. Po jej prečítaní sa vás zmocní, podobne ako rozprávača " akými zvláštny nepokoj". nepokoj, s ktorým on musí žiť, my ho môžeme iba sledovať bez hodnotenia.
December 25, 2024
It's clear that in this one Jon Fosse hasn't mastered his meandering stream-of-consciousness yet. It's almost incomprehensible at times: who with whom and when and what of it; at the end I'm not even sure how many times had almost the same scenario play out with the same two friends.
And yet, it was strangely compelling: the restlessness that won't leave Leif, because of which he can't read, can't play guitar, must keep writing; the vision of Knut simply walking away; even all the unnamed girls between them; and, of course, a fjord that just waits there for the tragedy to play out.
I can't tell if I liked any of this; a can say, though, that the hypnotizing rythm of Fosse's writing is one of the only things that can fully calm down my mind.
And yet, it was strangely compelling: the restlessness that won't leave Leif, because of which he can't read, can't play guitar, must keep writing; the vision of Knut simply walking away; even all the unnamed girls between them; and, of course, a fjord that just waits there for the tragedy to play out.
I can't tell if I liked any of this; a can say, though, that the hypnotizing rythm of Fosse's writing is one of the only things that can fully calm down my mind.
January 20, 2024
Uff den var ganske forferdelig. Jeg følte ihvertfall på opplevelser befestet som traume, som er så ubehandlet at det ødelegger for alt annet. Mye kjærlighet, men litt usikker på hvem som elsker hvem, og det er jo litt gøy. Språket er uvant og annerledes, det er vel det han har fått priser for, det repeterende som skal vekke noe i leseren. Jeg tror det vekker følelsene hos meg, så jeg kommer nærmere opplevelsen som fortelles om. Men om jeg får så lyst til å lese mer, det er jeg litt usikker på!
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January 11, 2024Måtte lese denne fordi Fosse skrev den mens han bodde i borettslaget jeg bor i nå ;)
Gata her er for så vidt også foreviget gjennom Kurt Nilsens "my street", så kanskje det er noen gode skrive-vibber i lufta?
Gata her er for så vidt også foreviget gjennom Kurt Nilsens "my street", så kanskje det er noen gode skrive-vibber i lufta?
October 8, 2024
Historien var interessant, men jeg kunne ikke fordra skrivestilen.
October 22, 2024
Eg kjenner ei uro kome over meg i det eg skal forsøke å seie noko om denne romanen. Det viktigaste å få fram er at eg no har debutert som Fosse-lesar, og at eg har fått meirsmak.
March 23, 2024
Her kjem endeleg ei uironisk bokmelding. Naustet var eit (som forventa) velskrive sjalusidrama. Uroa til eg-personen vart absolutt overført til meg som lesar, og Fosse sin nærmast rytmiske skrivestil komplimenterte forteljinga sine svingingar i intensitet. For meg hadde ikkje Naustet heilt den same menneskelege djupna som eg opplevde at Trilogien hadde (om eg skal få lov å samanlikna), derfor 4/5 frå meg.
November 18, 2024
Føler dette markerer første gang jeg virkelig føler at jeg skjønner Fosse. Elsker Jon Fosse yippee!!!
March 23, 2025
This repetitive but eerie story of a love triangle and a small boat reminded me of Polanski’s taut first film on a somewhat similar theme: Knife in the Water.
June 24, 2024
“I don’t go out anymore, a restlessness has come over me, and I don’t go out.� is how Baard, the narrator of Jon Fosse’s Boathouse (1989, tr: May-Brit Akerholt, 2017), begins his minimal account of the seismic events that collided with his small life. What he means by restlessness is never quite clear, but it has driven him from all that he would do - help his mother shop, play occasional guitar, and read books from the library - to staying at home, in his attic room, and writing a novel, purportedly the one we are reading.
In this, Baard is our typical Fossean loner, a speck in the emptiness of the Norwegian fjords. The epitome of failure, he’s a thirty-something that still lives with his mother and has never had an education nor held full-term employment. The only consistent thing is that he has played in bands. Until recently he played, sidelined, in a band called Torkjell’s Duo with local high school teacher, Torkjell. But he once played with his friend Knut many years before, when they used to practise down by an abandoned boathouse. And it's this past that comes to the fore when, one summer, Knut and his family holiday in the area and they meet for the first time in years.
Since those childhood days, Knut has moved away, got married, had two children, and become a music teacher while Baard is the same old Baard. It’s been about ten years since they last met and anyone who knows the distance past friendships can attain, when the silences are awkward and there is little to say, will recognise the discomfort in this reunion. However, it’s not all bad as Knut’s wife, whose name we never learn, seems to take a shine to Baard, and the story spreads out, in a minimalist way, to explore both the past and an unconventional love triangle that has, at its heart, darker territories to fish.
True to Fosse’s style, the prose is hypnotic in its repetition, although this time there’s the sense that Baard is trying to process past and present, coming at them from different angles but unable to grasp his underlying malaise. But repetition is also at the heart of the story’s structure, with the first, and longest section, giving Baard’s point of view on events before he returns in the second section to view Knut’s side of the story, albeit still in first person. One of the things that Fosse maintains across these tellings is a heavy sense of dread, tightening the story ever more taut until, in a short third coda, the book is tied up with devastating consequences.
In its recollection of childhood, with guitars and youth centres, it feels like a more coherent take on some of the vignettes from Scenes From A Childhood (1994, tr: Damion Searls, 2018), but also a lengthier riff on How It Started (1987, tr: Damion Searls, 2013) in its experience of both attraction and shyness around the opposite sex. While ‘Boathouse� shares the isolated world of other Fosse books, where the occasional house overlooks placid lakes and mountains, its internal landscape is different. Inside minds, the most internal of feelings, however minimal, can have seismic repercussions that require us to cope, whether we can or not. And Boathouse shows a man trying even though his whole life suggests he has never tried before.
In this, Baard is our typical Fossean loner, a speck in the emptiness of the Norwegian fjords. The epitome of failure, he’s a thirty-something that still lives with his mother and has never had an education nor held full-term employment. The only consistent thing is that he has played in bands. Until recently he played, sidelined, in a band called Torkjell’s Duo with local high school teacher, Torkjell. But he once played with his friend Knut many years before, when they used to practise down by an abandoned boathouse. And it's this past that comes to the fore when, one summer, Knut and his family holiday in the area and they meet for the first time in years.
Since those childhood days, Knut has moved away, got married, had two children, and become a music teacher while Baard is the same old Baard. It’s been about ten years since they last met and anyone who knows the distance past friendships can attain, when the silences are awkward and there is little to say, will recognise the discomfort in this reunion. However, it’s not all bad as Knut’s wife, whose name we never learn, seems to take a shine to Baard, and the story spreads out, in a minimalist way, to explore both the past and an unconventional love triangle that has, at its heart, darker territories to fish.
True to Fosse’s style, the prose is hypnotic in its repetition, although this time there’s the sense that Baard is trying to process past and present, coming at them from different angles but unable to grasp his underlying malaise. But repetition is also at the heart of the story’s structure, with the first, and longest section, giving Baard’s point of view on events before he returns in the second section to view Knut’s side of the story, albeit still in first person. One of the things that Fosse maintains across these tellings is a heavy sense of dread, tightening the story ever more taut until, in a short third coda, the book is tied up with devastating consequences.
In its recollection of childhood, with guitars and youth centres, it feels like a more coherent take on some of the vignettes from Scenes From A Childhood (1994, tr: Damion Searls, 2018), but also a lengthier riff on How It Started (1987, tr: Damion Searls, 2013) in its experience of both attraction and shyness around the opposite sex. While ‘Boathouse� shares the isolated world of other Fosse books, where the occasional house overlooks placid lakes and mountains, its internal landscape is different. Inside minds, the most internal of feelings, however minimal, can have seismic repercussions that require us to cope, whether we can or not. And Boathouse shows a man trying even though his whole life suggests he has never tried before.
August 18, 2018
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สรุปคือเป็Ȩวามเพลิดพลินที่บ้าสัสๆ
April 5, 2025
Não é uma má leitura. O problema é que, depois de ler Septologia, que certamente trata-se de magia pura, você lê cada livro de Fosse com expectativas muito mais altas do que deveria, com qualquer livro, encantado com a feitiçaria daquela obra.
November 7, 2023
Innsiktsfullt om tankekjør etter et opplevd traume. Fortelleren (som ofte ikke framstår som helt troverdig) forsøker å jobbe seg gjennom en vanskelig materie, men blir sittende fast og kverner de samme scenene om og om igjen inni hode og tekst. Har du opplevd tankekjør er det lett å kjenne seg igjen i fortvilelsen. Minner og kroppens reaksjonsmønster er sentralt i en fortelling om vennskap, uro, tvil og mistanker, sjalusi og ensomhet. Klaustrofobisk og ensomt i åpent landskap. Denne boka fungerer perfekt som lydbok, og Anderz Eide som alltid suveren som innleser.
February 17, 2025
Känns lite som en mellanbok från Fosse. Hans upprepande stil känns igen och de malande inre monologerna från den, ofta missanpassade, huvudpersonen. Nu om ett slags triangeldrama mellan huvudpersonen, hans barndomsvän Knuten och Knutens fru. De första två delarna redogör för samma skeende fast sett ur tvår perspektiv, dock är båda perspektiven skrivna av huvudpersonen. Ett försök att sätta sig in som barndomskamrats svartsjukekänslor.
December 26, 2021
Havde jeg ikke tidligere læst noget af Jon Fosse, så havde Bådehuset sikkert fået en højere score hos mig, måske endda en topvurdering. Men det er svært ikke at sammenligne med Fosses senere, mere modne værker, og så kommer Bådehuset lidt til kort.
Læs hele min anmeldelse på K's bognoter:
Læs hele min anmeldelse på K's bognoter:
October 18, 2023
Uhyggjeleg stemning med dette trekant-dramaet og ikkje noko lystig bok. Ein kjenner verkeleg uroa eg-personen har. Vanskeleg å leggja frå seg boka, denne intense og repeterande stilen held deg fast. Det har vel kanskje noko med denne rytmen til Fosse å gjere, skriv litteratur som komposisjonar som han seier sjølv.
Tenkjer det òg er mykje frå Fosse sitt eige liv her; fjorden, oppveksten, naustet, bygdefestane og gitarspelinga. Der stoggar vel likskapen forhåpentlegvis.
Tenkjer det òg er mykje frå Fosse sitt eige liv her; fjorden, oppveksten, naustet, bygdefestane og gitarspelinga. Der stoggar vel likskapen forhåpentlegvis.
October 12, 2024
I seem to read book set in Scandinavia quite often. But every time they are brilliant. This was no exception. It was borderline poetry and an extremely simple story, but so engaging. Fosse is an excellent writer. I did have to actually concentrate though otherwise the repetition and rambling sentences lost me. Great quick real though thanks John.
December 24, 2022
It’s this restlessness.
My first experience with Fosse, and it was definitely a unique experience. Cool how the story wades before you. The narrator is innocent, but deeply troubled by the story he tells. He hates how stilted he’s become by life’s interruption, but he painstakingly outlines what exactly happened at the boathouse and the origin of this restlessness.
The sparse, repetitive language works well here. Excited to enter the septology someday.
My first experience with Fosse, and it was definitely a unique experience. Cool how the story wades before you. The narrator is innocent, but deeply troubled by the story he tells. He hates how stilted he’s become by life’s interruption, but he painstakingly outlines what exactly happened at the boathouse and the origin of this restlessness.
The sparse, repetitive language works well here. Excited to enter the septology someday.
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January 9, 2024mye fæle følelser gjennom hele og nå sitter jeg igjen til slutt med en fæl følelse
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