A Death in the Family: My Struggle Book 1 (My Struggle, 1)

A Death in the Family: My Struggle Book 1 (My Struggle, 1)

by Don Bartlett (Translator), Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author)

Synopsis

Karl Ove Knausgaard writes with exhilarating honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death. When Karl Ove becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of caring for a young family with his determination to write great literature. A Death in the Family is the first of the six books in the My Struggle cycle. In it Knausgaard has created a universal story which is gripping, hugely readable and written as if the author's very life were at stake. Another international sensation from the publishers of HHhH, 1Q84 and Coetzee's Summertime.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07 Mar 2013

ISBN 10: 0099555166
ISBN 13: 9780099555162
Book Overview: A searingly honest, addictive and controversial read from the international sensation and bestseller, Karl Ove Knausgaard.

Media Reviews
Knausgaard has a spectacular gift for finding profundity in the mundane details of his existence -- Will Storr * Guardian *
Author Bio
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 for Everything, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, was awarded the prestigious Brage Prize. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world.