A Shining Summary
Jon Fosse

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A Shining Overview

In Jon Fosse's novel A Shining, an unnamed man takes an impromptu drive one winter night. After his car gets stuck on a snowy forest road, the man decides to go into the woods in search of help. He soon finds himself increasingly lost and disoriented. Written from the protagonist's first-person point of view, the stream-of-consciousness narrative explores themes including entrapment, immobilization, and loneliness. 

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