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His debut novel out of this world won the norwegian critics prize and his a time for everything was a finalist for the nordic council. The final installment in the long awaited, internationally celebrated my struggle series. First the nightmare, then the news by karl ove knausgaard in the new york times the magical realism of norwegian nights by karl ove. The 46yearold norwegians pointedly unliterary book has become a literary sensation. Book 1 was a new yorker book of the year and book 2 was listed among the wall street journals 20 books of the year. Children s birthday parties, unsuccessful family holidays, humiliating antenatal music classes. Knausgaard lives in sweden with his wife and three children. 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 to every purpose under heaven, was widely acclaimed. My struggle is a sixbook autobiographical series by karl ove knausgard. Much of the literary world not all, but a lot is enthralled by the norwegian writer karl ove knausgaard and his multipart novelistic memoir of minutiae, titled my struggle.
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