本书选取福瑟最具代表性的戏剧五种《有人将至》：一男一女买下了一幢坐落在陡峭悬崖上的，远离城市的老房子，准备抛弃过往的一切，在此开始无人打扰的新生活。《死亡变奏曲》：大海吞噬了他和她的女儿，迫使爱情早已死去多年的他们重新面对彼此，面对记忆和过往，为这场突如其来的悲剧困惑着，却无从寻找答案。《名字》讲述了一个同一屋檐下相互疏远的家庭的故事。一个怀孕的女孩和这个孩子的父亲无处可去。这是一个功能缺失的家庭，对话几乎无法进行；所有必要之事都变为习惯性的姿态，每个人都感到孤独。《一个夏日》：丈夫在某天毫无预兆地选择了死亡。他离开家走向大海，从此再没有回来。而妻子则自此日复一日地站在窗前，面对着大海，无法摆脱记忆的纠缠。《吉他男》是福瑟作品中唯一的一部独角戏，也是福瑟作品中在全世界被学生搬演最多的一部。

本次出版的《秋之梦》是继《有人将至》后出版的第二部福瑟剧作选集。本书选取福瑟的戏剧四种。包括《秋之梦》、《我是风》、《暗影》、《而我们将永不分离》。 《秋之梦》：此剧由众多场景逐个拼接而成，就如同一个个拼凑起来的抽象图像，而无故事主线。整场演出中，剧中的五个角色全部出现在舞台上，没有描述个人故事的独立情节。《我是风》：两个人，又或许只是一个人分裂成两个人，他们乘着破船飘荡在海上，身边只有一点点食物和水。故事发生在其中一个人打算向公海前行之时。忽然之间，远处的岛屿浓雾弥漫，海水汹涌，将他们带入了一场神秘未知的奇幻旅程。本剧以一个难以想象的奇异点将现实分裂开来。两人之间的交互吟唱与复杂关系的异常敏感共同构成了该剧的一大亮点。该剧的编剧与导演均表示，尽管看似两人的命运紧紧相连，但其实他们都在自己的孤独世界中迷失方向的个体。《暗影》是福瑟2006年的近作。“暗影”自有其独特的宇宙，开放、澄净，同时又如一个谜语般扰人。时间和空间的交融允许作为读者的我们得以认知自我的宇宙。人们处于一个非物质的房间内，处于“零”的状态中，有关生活在一起的回忆是他们唯一的共同之处。福瑟的文本挑战着观众，促使我们自问存在主义的问题，怀疑我们究竟是谁，我们如何在彼此的生命中划下轨迹。《而我们将永不分离》是福瑟第一部被搬上舞台的戏剧作品。福瑟在其中探索了戏剧独有的暧昧不清的特质：一个女人焦急地等待着她的丈夫，而我们作为观众，看到的究竟是现实、幻境、回忆，甚或是一个鬼魂的故事？

Septology I-II follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an ageing painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbour, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter. He and the narrator are doppelgangers - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life.
Written in hypnotic prose that shifts between the first and third person, Septology calls into question concrete notions around subjectivity and the self. What makes us who we are? And why do we lead one life and not another? Through flashbacks, Fosse deftly explores the convergences and divergences in the lives of both Asles, slowly building towards a decisive encounter between them both. A writer at the zenith of his career, with Septology Fosse presents us with an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition that will endure as his masterpiece.

Asle is an ageing painter and widower who lives alone on the southwest coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbour, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers – two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions. In this final instalment of Jon Fosse’s Septology, the major prose work by ‘the Beckett of the twenty-first century’ (Le Monde), Christmas is approaching. Tradition has it that Åsleik and Asle eat lutefisk together, but this year Asle has agreed for the first time to celebrate Christmas with Åsleik and his sister, Guro. On Christmas Eve, Åsleik, Asle, and the dog Bragi take Åsleik’s boat out on the Sygnefjord. Meanwhile, we follow the lives of the two Asles as younger adults in flashbacks: the narrator meets his lifelong love, Ales; joins the Catholic Church; starts exhibiting with Beyer; and can make a living by trying to paint away all the pictures stuck in his mind. After a while, Asle and Ales leave the city and move to the house in Dylgja. The other Asle gets married too, but his wedding ends with a sobbing bride and is followed soon after by a painful breakup. Written in melodious and hypnotic ‘slow prose’, A New Name: Septology VI-VII is a transcendent exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse, and a radically other reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique.