Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

2010 • 560 pages

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A beautiful, funny, vital novel of teenage years and teenage mistakes from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard. * Karl Ove Knausgaard's dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now * Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing. All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large. 'Beautifully human... Being drawn into Knausgaard's world is an ineluctable pleasure' The Times

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Min kamp

Min kamp is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Karl Ove Knausgård and Karl Ove Knausgaard.

My Struggle: Book One
My Struggle: Book 2
My Struggle: Book 3
My Struggle: Book Four
My Struggle: Book Five
My Struggle: Book 6

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