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He has translated many classic modern writers, including Proust, Rilke, Nietzsche, Walser, Ingeborg Bachmann, Alfred Döblin, Jon Fosse, Elfriede Jelinek, and Nescio.","products":[{"product_id":"vaim-hardcover","title":"Vaim - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nobel Laureate in Literature Jon Fosse, \u003ci\u003eVaim\u003c\/i\u003e begins a trilogy of novels set in a remote Norwegian fishing village. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJatgeir travels from the fishing village of Vaim to the city in search of a needle and thread. Cheated twice, he returns to his boat, where he falls asleep as waves rock the hull. Soon he is awakened by a voice: a woman is calling his name from the quay. There stands Eline, the secret love of his youth--and the namesake of his boat--with a packed suitcase. Eline pleads to come aboard. 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