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My Struggle, Book 5

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My Struggle, Book 5

By: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett - translator
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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The fifth book of Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and sincerity.

As a 19-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite effect - he wants it so much that he gets writer's block. At the same time, he sees his friends, one-by-one, publish their debuts. He suspects that he will never get anything published.

Book Five is also a book about strong new friendships and a shattering love affair. Then one day, Karl Ove reaches two crucial points in his life: his father dies, and shortly thereafter, he completes his first novel.

©2010 Karl Ove Knausgaard (P)2016 Recorded Books
Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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My favourite of the 5 I’ve read in this series. Narration is so good. Perfect

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