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Karl Ove Knausgaard's first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win The Norwegian Critics' Prize. His second novel, A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first instalment in the epic My Struggle cycle, was awarded the prestigious Brage Award and is being heralded as a masterpiece wherever it appears.
Via his visceral, immersive art, Knausgaard makes the heart visible -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent * Knausgaard finds the sublime in the everyday... Boyhood Island reverberates with the joys and anxieties of early youth, and Knausgaard brilliantly recreates their exaggerated feel -- Thomas Meaney * Times Literary Supplement * Compelling and addictive... One of the most grown-up works of fiction we have -- Hermione Hoby * Observer * Powerfully hypnotic and addictive... a Norwegian Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha -- Theo Tait * Sunday Times * My Struggle is already the most significant literary achievement of the 21st century and we still have three volumes to go -- Matt Thorne * Sunday Express * Knausgaard's Proustian attention to detail and scrupulous analysis of emotional nuance is almost maddening - but ultimately magnificent * Vogue * Knausgaard continues masterfully -- Malcolm Forbes * Literary Review * One of the most anticipated books of the year (the decade) -- Emily Stokes * Financial Times *
