The fifth installment in the eagerly awaited, internationally celebratedMy Struggleseries
The fifth book of Karl Ove Knausgaards powerfulMy Struggleseries is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite effecthe wants it so much that he gets writers block. At the same time, he sees his friends, one by one, publish their debuts. He suspects that he will never get anything published.My Struggle: Book 5is also a book about strong new friendships and a shattering love affair. Then one day Karl Ove reaches two crucial points in his life: his father dies and, shortly thereafter, he completes his first novel.
Those who have come this far in the series will not be disappointed by book five; it is a pleasure to witness the gradual emergence of a dedicated artist over the course of a decade. -
Publishers WeeklyKarl Ove Knausgaardwas born in Norway in 1968.
My Strugglehas won countless international literary awards and has been translated into at least fifteen languages. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and four children.