![]() ![]() You see, My Struggle - which is heroically well-translated by Don Bartlett - is surely the grand monument to our selfie-absorbed times. Well, I finally gave in a few weeks ago and was abashed to discover that one of Knausgaard's trademark themes is his disdain for the sheeplike souls who do exactly what everyone else is doing. When I've said that I hadn't read a word, they would look genuinely startled and tell me, "You have to." Over the past couple of years, I haven't been able to go to a social gathering without someone asking what I thought of his work. ![]() These days, it's Karl Ove Knausgaard, the 46-year-old Norwegian whose six-volume, 3,600-page autobiographical novel, My Struggle, has become a literary sensation. It seems like there's always some writer you're supposed to be reading. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title My Struggle Author Karl Ove Knausgaard and Don Bartlett ![]()
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