By Karl Ove Knausgaard
"Intense and very important. . . . the place many modern writers may reflexively flip to irony, Knausgaard is extreme and totally sincere, unafraid to voice common anxieties. . . . the necessity for totality . . . brings tremendous, lingering, celestial passages. . . . He wishes us to inhabit he ordinariness of lifestyles, that is occasionally bright, occasionally banal, and occasionally momentous, yet it all perforce usual since it occurs during a existence, and occurs, in numerous varieties, to all people. . . . The concluding sentences of the ebook are placid, simple, completed. they've got what Walter Benjamin referred to as 'the epic part of fact, wisdom.'"—James wooden, the recent Yorker"Ruthless beauty."—Aftenposten"This first installment of an epic quest may still fix jaded readers to life."—The Independent"Between Proust and the woods. Like granite; certain and forceful. extra actual than reality."—la Repubblica (Italy)Having left his first spouse, Karl Ove Knausgaard strikes to Stockholm, Sweden, the place he leads a solitary life. He moves up a deep friendship with one other exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean highbrow and boxing enthusiast named Geir. He additionally tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop many years previous and who involved him deeply.Book is at middle a love story—the tale of Karl Ove falling in love along with his spouse. however the novel additionally tells different tales: of turning into a father, of the turbulence of relatives existence, of outrageously unsuccessful makes an attempt at a family members holiday, of the emotional pressure of birthday events for kids, and of the day-by-day frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of Stockholm retaining him from (and filling) his novel.
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Up there,’ I said, pointing to the restaurant at the top of the hill. It resembled a train, with the counter in the locomotive and the tables in the carriage. Not a soul was to be seen up there. Chairs were propped against the tables. ‘That’s what I’ll do,’ Linda said. ‘And feed him. ’ I nodded, went to the Coke machine and bought a can, sat down on the tree trunk, lit a cigarette, looked up at the hastily constructed shed where Vanja and Heidi were running in and out of the doorway. ’ Vanja shouted.
I had never kicked a door in before. I didn’t know how solid it was. Imagine if it didn’t budge. How stupid would that look? The locksmith arrived half an hour later. He laid out a canvas bag of tools on the floor and began to fiddle with the lock. He was small, wore glasses and had the beginnings of a bald patch, said nothing to the circle of people around him, tried one tool after another in vain, the damned lock wouldn’t budge. In the end, he gave up, told Cora it was no good, he couldn’t get the door open.
I asked. He showed me the cover. It was a band I had never heard of. ‘Great,’ I said. Vanja was standing behind Heidi trying to lift her. Heidi was protesting. ‘She says no, Vanja,’ I said. ’ As she carried on I went over to them. ’ I asked. ‘No,’ Vanja said. ‘But there’s a dip,’ I said. Went over to the table, took a carrot stick and dunked it in the white, presumably cream-based, dip and put it in my mouth. ‘Mm,’ I said. ’ Why couldn’t they have given them sausages, ice cream and pop? Lollipops?
