Boyhood Island: My Struggle Book 3 by Karl Ove Knausgaard (English) Paperback Bo

Description: Boyhood Island by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaards dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove KnausgaardAn irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.* Karl Ove Knausgaards dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father.In the now infamously direct style of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be.Knausgaard finds the sublime in the everyday... Boyhood Island reverberates with the joys and anxieties of early youth, and Knausgaard brilliantly recreates their exaggerated feelTimes Literary Supplement Notes An autobiographical story of childhood and family from the an international bestseller, now in paperback. Comparable to J.M. Coetzees trilogy of autobiographical novels. One of the most anticipated books of the year (the decade) Emily Stokes, Financial Times Back Cover Powerfully hypnotic and addictive Sunday Times Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be. 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 Times Literary Supplement Knausgaard is a writer strong enough to survive the hype... A masterpiece for the age of the selfie... Often horrifying and deeply funny Observer Flap A living hero who landed on greatness by abandoning every typical literary feint, an emperor whose nakedness surpasses royal finery. I cant wait for the translator to finish the last three volumes Jonathan Lethem, Guardian Karl Ove Knausgaards six-volume autobiographical novel My Struggle is one of the most absorbing literary projects of recent times, one that has seen the Norwegian writer dubbed the Scandinavian Proust Spectator Revolutionary...addictive and hypnotic Paris Review Knausgaard is intense and utterly honest, unafraid to voice universal anxieties, unafraid to appear na Author Biography Karl Ove Knausgaards My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes the Seasons Quartet and the Morning Star series (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity and The Third Realm) is published in thirty-five languages. Review 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 *Knausgaards 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 * Promotional An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard Prizes Long-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2015 (UK) Review Text Via his visceral, immersive art, Knausgaard makes the heart visible Review Quote Via his visceral, immersive art, Knausgaard makes the heart visible Promotional "Headline" An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard Details ISBN0099581493 Author Don Bartlett Year 2014 Translator Don Bartlett ISBN-10 0099581493 ISBN-13 9780099581499 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Pages 496 DEWEY 839.8238 Illustrations maps (colour) Translated from Norwegian Publisher Vintage Publishing Language English Subtitle My Struggle Book 3 Series My Struggle Series Number 3 Short Title Boyhood Island UK Release Date 2014-09-04 Publication Date 2014-09-04 AU Release Date 2014-09-04 NZ Release Date 2014-09-04 Alternative 9781448155842 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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