polysyndeton to death.

VI

Starts staring at the same painting again. Anhedonia towards painting.

the living room and the studio which will soon just be a living room

Namesake has two children from two wives.

Starts musing on his (the namesake's?) marriage to Liv (main) or Siv (Dopple)?

Starts thinking about visiting Dopple in hospital some more, as well as needing to go to mass, then enters the same sort of schizo fugue that ended Part I this time the events precipitating Dopple's divorce.

Dream-sees himself from sometime after he got into Art Institute going to the bar, seeing namesake (but avoiding him), buying a pint and people watching and seeing his present (old, but still clad in black velvet jacket) self. Sees namesake meeting with Siv (mistress) saying he'll get rid of Liv soon.

Liv ODs and Dopple is left with his kid.

VII

begins with the painting.

Mainly focuses on main's relationship and conversion. His landlord gets weirdly jealous of Ales and wants him to paint her (they're hammered). Ales parents facilitate them moving into a separate apartment and he converts.

Guro dies in an apt fire. Asle dies. Asle goes out on the boat with Asliek, and Asle starts hallucinating Ales and his dopple, both dead. Then they get home and have Christmas eve dinner with Asliek's sister Guro (alive) who makes a move on Asle who refuses.

Asle prays the rosary.

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