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The fourth part of the sensational My Struggle series that has been hailed as ‘perhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian)
Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself – or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing.
All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large...
ISBN: 9780099581529
ISBN-10: 0099581523
Series: My Struggle
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 560
Published: 1st October 2015
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
About the Author
Karl Ove Knausgaard's first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize and his second, A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, was awarded the prestigious Brage Award. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it appears.
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