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Original title
  
Olavs draumar

Country
  
Norway

Published in English
  
September 2016

Author
  
Jon Fosse

Published in english
  
September 2016

Translator
  
May-Brit Akerholt

Language
  
Norwegian

Originally published
  
2012

Genre
  
Novel

Awards
  
Nordic Council's Literature Prize of 2015

Similar
  
Jon Fosse books, Novels

Olav's Dreams (Nynorsk: Olavs draumar) is a 2012 novel by Norwegian writer Jon Fosse.

The story is set a few hundred years ago. The fiddler "Olav" is hunted by his past as a killer. Leaving the city and changing his name has not helped much.

Awards

In 2015, Fosse was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the trilogy Wakefulness, Olavs draumar and Weariness.

References

Olav's Dreams Wikipedia