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A death in the family / Karl Ove Knausgaard ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.

Summary:

In this utterly remarkable novel Karl Ove Knausgaard writes with painful honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780099555162 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 490 p. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Vintage, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First published in Great Britain: Harvill Secker, 2012.
Language Note:
Translated from the Norwegian.
Subject: Knausgaard, Karl Ove, 1968- > Fiction.
Authors, Norwegian > Fiction.
Fathers > Death > Psychological aspects > Fiction.
Norway > Fiction.
Genre: Autobiographical fiction.
Norwegian fiction > Translations into English.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salmo Public Library.

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Summary: In this utterly remarkable novel Karl Ove Knausgaard writes with painful honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, and his bewilderment and grief on his father's death.

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