18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman’s village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself – or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine: He writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals and receives flattering attention from several beautiful local girls. But then, as the darkness of the long polar nights start to cover the beautiful landscape, Karl Ove’s life also takes a darker turn. The stories he writes tend to repeat themselves, his drinking escalates and causes some disturbing blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation and shame, and to his own distress he also develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. Along the way, there are flashbacks to his high school years and the roots of his current problems. And then there is the shadow of his father, whose sharply increasing alcohol consumption serves as an ominous backdrop to Karl Ove’s own lifestyle. The fourth part of a sensational literary cycle that has been hailed as `perhaps the most important literary enterprise of our times’ (Guardian)
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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 and his second, A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, was awarded the prestigious Brage Prize. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world.
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. London. Harvill Secker/Vintage. 2015. First Edition/First Printing (full number line including the number 1 on the copyright page). Hard Cover. 548 pp. Fore edge is a little toned but the book has no other wear. Dust wrapper is fine. 18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine: He writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals and receives flattering attention from several beautiful local girls. But then, as the darkness of the long polar nights start to cover the beautiful landscape, Karl Ove's life also takes a darker turn. The stories he writes tend to repeat themselves, his drinking escalates and causes some disturbing blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation and shame, and to his own distress he also develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. Along the way, there are flashbacks to his high school years and the roots of his current problems. And then there is the shadow of his father, whose sharply increasing alcohol consumption serves as an ominous backdrop to Karl Ove's own lifestyle. Translated from the Norwegian by Dan Bartlett. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Nº de ref. del artículo: *JUN0924010
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the first UK edition. Please note that this is an ex-library copy. With full number-string sequence including the no. "1" on the publisher's copyright page: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. ***Very good in navy blue boards with silver titles to the spine. Black front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns. Boards not bumped. Corners sharp. Text-block clean. Paper just slightly tanned, but pages clean. Spine has a slight lean, but spine tight. Although ex-library, the front free endpaper has not been removed - it is present with the paper library label still attached and a library bar-code sticker. There is also a Lancashire County Library sticker on the publisher's details page (please see scans). No library stamps and no other library marks present. ***In a very good colour-illustrated dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of £17.99. Edges of dustwrapper rubbed and creased - mainly creased at the top edge of the back panel. No tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***242mm x162mm. 548 pages. ***'18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space an time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine: he writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals and receives flattering attention from several beautiful girls. But then, as the darkness of the long polar nights starts to cover the landscape, Karl Ove's life also takes a darker turn.' ***'Why would you read a six-volume, 3,600-page Norwegian novel about a man writing a six-volume, 3,600-page Norwegian novel? The short answer is that it is breathtakingly good and so you cannot stop yourself, and would not want to.' - New York Times Book Review (Quote and review quote taken from the back panel) ***A clean ex-library copy of the first impression of the first UK edition, in its original dustwrapper in bright condition. The fourth volume in the acclaimed 'My Struggle' series of six books by Karl Ove Knausgaard. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Nº de ref. del artículo: 6948x
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