Launch of Vaim Launch of Vaim
A new novel by Jon Fosse.
The novel Vaim is the first book to be published by Jon Fosse after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023. It will be launched in connection with the opening of DIFF 2025.
September 5, 2025 at 18:00
1st Floor
Vaim is the first book that is set to a fictional place in Western Norway called Vaim. Vaim Hotel will be released in 2026 and Vaim Weekly Magazine in 2027. The texts are all connected to the place Vaim, but are about different people.
The first book, Vaim, is a story about Eline, Jatgeir and Frank. It is about boats, love and death, docile men and a unusually determined woman.
LANGUAGE The opening of the festival and the launch of Vaim will only be in Norwegian.