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My Struggle, Book 1

By: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett - translator
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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My Struggle: Book One introduces American listeners to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It has already been anointed a Proustian masterpiece and is the rare work of dazzling literary originality that is intensely, irresistibly readable. Unafraid of the big issues - death, love, art, fear - and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature.

©2009 Karl Ove Knausgaard (P)2014 Recorded Books Biographical Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Biography

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If you could sum up My Struggle, Book 1 in three words, what would they be?

A Great novel.
I am surprised as yet this writer is little known in this country so far.

What was one of the most memorable moments of My Struggle, Book 1?

The unabashed honesty of the writing.This is the first of six books and I cant wait to read the next one. I hope audible will continue to record all of them as they become available.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

He has a seamless style of writing that causes the narrative of his teenage age and his subsequent emergence into aduthood melt into a story of the death of his father.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

There is a great deal of dry humour throughout the whole book and the rawness of of his personal exposures are sometimes heartbreaking.

Any additional comments?

He has received a great deal of praise by the critics, And I am hope that he will be read by a great deal of audible readers.

Brilliant and Totally Compelling

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an intimate journey shared with honesty and humility. The inner thoughts and ruminations on those noisy moments in our heads, shared with love

a shared journey

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an amazing book with a truly outstanding narration 15 word minimum 15 word minimum 15 word minimum

an amazing book with a truly outstanding narration

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This is some 'classic' that I felt obliged to read. I wish I'd got the book so that I could speed through the details and lists of everything the narrator thought, felt, saw, wore, ate, drank and in every room, house, field, bus shelter he ever did them in. The reader's voice is pleasant enough, but it started to grate in a certain whiney way after a while. I tried returning it to buy the paper version but Audible's arcane rules prohibit that. It has facilitated a couple of good naps though.

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Really enjoyed this. It took me a short period to get used to the narrator's accent, but after the first 20 minutes I was immersed in the story.

Excellent

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