Dyglja

Dyglja, and specifically the house left to Asle and Ales by Ales’s aunt Alise, serves as a central setting in Septology and symbolizes permanence, solitude, and the deep ties between place and memory. The house is both a sanctuary and a mausoleum for Asle, a space where he lives alone with his grief following Ales’s death. Its location in the rural, coastal town of Dyglja underscores Asle’s isolation, physically removed from the bustling life of Bjørgvin and other urban areas. At the same time, the house is imbued with the memory of Ales and their shared life, holding echoes of their love and her influence on Asle’s faith and identity. Through this setting, Fosse explores the interplay of home as a space of comfort and a site of haunting, reflecting Asle’s ongoing negotiation with loss and his search for meaning in the...