Knausgaard's ambitious new novel imagines Europe's last decades – ending with an ominous star and the return of the dead
- Written by: Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
Karl Ove KnausgaardSam Barker/Penguin Random HouseThe Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard is a 21st-century literary phenomenon. Talked up as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been compared to some of the greatest writers of all time: Fyodor Dostovesky, Marcel Proust, Roberto Bolaño. His work challenges conventional...
