More real than reality."- la Repubblica (Italy). "This first installment of an epic quest should restore jaded readers to life."- The Independent
They have what Walter Benjamin called 'the epic side of truth, wisdom.'"-James Wood, The New Yorker The concluding sentences of the book are placid, plain, achieved. 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. brings superb, lingering, celestial passages. Where many contemporary writers would reflexively turn to irony, Knausgaard is intense and utterly honest, unafraid to voice universal anxieties. 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. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply.īook Two is at heart a love story-the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his wife. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. Book Two is at heart a love s Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply. Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence.
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