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My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love - Karl Ove Knausgård, Don Bartlett
My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
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"Intense and vital. . . . Where many contemporary writers would reflexively turn to irony, Knausgaard is intense and utterly honest, unafraid to voice universal anxieties. . . . The need for totality . . . brings superb, lingering, celestial passages. . . . He wants us to inhabit he ordinariness... show more
"Intense and vital. . . . Where many contemporary writers would reflexively turn to irony, Knausgaard is intense and utterly honest, unafraid to voice universal anxieties. . . . The need for totality . . . brings superb, lingering, celestial passages. . . . He wants us to inhabit he ordinariness of life, which is sometimes vivid, sometimes banal, and sometimes momentous, but all of it perforce ordinary because it happens in the course of a life, and happens, in different forms, to everyone. . . . The concluding sentences of the book are placid, plain, achieved. They have what Walter Benjamin called 'the epic side of truth, wisdom.'"—James Wood, The New Yorker"Ruthless beauty."—Aftenposten"This first installment of an epic quest should restore jaded readers to life."—The Independent"Between Proust and the woods. Like granite; precise and forceful. More real than reality."—la Repubblica (Italy)Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.Book Two is at heart a love story—the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his wife. But the novel also tells other stories: of becoming a father, of the turbulence of family life, of outrageously unsuccessful attempts at a family vacation, of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children, and of the daily frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of Stockholm keeping him from (and filling) his novel.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781935744825 (1935744828)
Publisher: Archipelago
Pages no: 571
Edition language: English
Series: Min kamp (#2)
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M Sarki
M Sarki rated it
3.0 A Man in Love
http://msarki.tumblr.com/post/90345124413/a-man-in-love-min-kamp-2-by-karl-ove-knausgardAs I was nearing the end of Volume II I actually felt a bit silly and embarrassed as I looked forward to reading my customary turtle-paced six pages each morning. I used the book as part of my daily meditation a...
Pjotrb Blog title
Pjotrb Blog title rated it
4.0 Liefde (Mijn strijd, #2)
Wat een fijne serie om te lezen! En gelukkig nog 4 delen te gaan !!Nadat deel 1 eindigde met de dood van zijn vader, begint deel 2 met een uitgebreide beschrijving van een kinderfeestje. De interactie tussen de ouders, de ouders en kinderen en vooral de moeite die Knausgard moet doen om zich hier in...
Jema reads
Jema reads rated it
Just as good as the first book, this time he writes a about falling head over heels in love and about having children and his thoughts of living in Sweden versus in Norway, about trying to find space and time for writing in the mundane every day life, all very down to earth but in a crisp and clear ...
mtw1tter
mtw1tter rated it
4.0 My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
Do read this with PLENTY of post-its - the publisher tests the patience of the readers without giving much visual page breaks so it can feel like a unwieldy chunk of text
The House That Books Built
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5.0 My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
I can't begin to describe this and how much I loved it..I feel as if I have been hit over the head and am seeing stars; I feel completely drunk on it.. I can only therefore refer you to this article which has coincidentally come out today ..http://goo.gl/yNOlp
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