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Has anyone else read Knausgaard? If so, what do you think of him? This is the first book I started of his, and almost immediately I fell completely head over heels in love with his writing! It's just so... beautiful! I don't even know how to describe it, but it's just absolutely mesmerizing! 💕📚

Unfortunately, there is something that happened within the first 20 pages that almost made me put the book aside 👇🏻

Branwen There is a kitten that dies and it's talked about for way too many pages to be completely honest. And if I didn't already love this book as much as I do, it might have been a deal breaker for me. I'm hoping that's going to be the one and only incident of something like that in this book? But even despite that, I'm honestly loving it so much! I really can't put into words how beautiful I find his writing! 💕📚 4d

vivastory I have read one of his books, years ago, vol. 1 of My Struggle. There is a particular section of that book that book that has stuck with me since I read it. 4d

batsy I thought this book was brilliant. It's my first and only by him. But sorry that I can't recall if there's more scenes specifically involving animals. I remember that kitten one being the hardest. But my memory is also terrible 😵‍💫🙈 4d

Branwen @vivastory I've heard that one is fantastic! Did you end up reading the whole series? Or just the first one? 2d

Branwen @batsy if the kitten scene was the worst, I think I'll be okay! I'm really just so enraptured by the writing I don't think I'll be able to put it down! He's just really drawn me in to the story and these characters! 🥰 2d

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Leftcoastzen

The Seducer | Jan Kjaerstad

#ItTakesAllKinds #WomanFacingAway One of those books I found at a used booksale that looks interesting, still on the #TBRMountain

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 1mo

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 1mo

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Gleefulreader

Scenes from a Childhood | Jon Fosse

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This one is a low pick for me. I love reading outside North America because of the freedom that authors have to write in ways that likely would not get published here. Sometimes that can also mean the books are more challenging to read, as I found with this Fosse. I really enjoyed parts of this collection - particularly the story of a man whose dog is killed - and overall the challenge was worth it as I am still thinking about the stories.

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AnneCecilie

Scenes from a Childhood | Jon Fosse

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My first Jon Fosse. I‘ve wanted to read him since before he won The Nobel Prize in Literature, but that certainly pushed me to read him sooner.

This is a short book, my edition is 70 pages told In vignettes about a man‘s childhood and teens. About hanging out with friends but also the introduction of death.

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sarahbarnes

The Morning Star | Karl Ove Knausgaard

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I have mixed feelings about this book. I found it so compelling and unsettling throughout that I was on pins and needles much of the time and couldn‘t put it down. And then, suddenly, it ended with so much left untold. I don‘t need stories to be fully resolved, but I did want more at the end of this one. Nevertheless, a pick because it was very good until the end. Thanks for putting this one on my radar @batsy !

batsy Nice review! I too wanted more, and to know and understand more. From what I understand, the next one (Wolves of Eternity) doesn't quite give answers but maybe more questions 😂 Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to it... 3mo

sarahbarnes @batsy I looked at the blurb for Wolves when I finished hoping for a sequel 😂 But yes I also still want to read it! I think he wanted to bring the theme of what we can know and what we can‘t know into all aspects of the novel, but I was still a bit frustrated by all the unfinished stories. (edited) 3mo

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Leftcoastzen

Scenes from a Childhood | Jon Fosse

#NewYearNewBooks #ByAuthorYourAge I‘m overwhelmed by the awesomeness! Reading The Fetishist right now!😂

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Wow! Perfect 👍🏼 3mo

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Texreader

Septology | Jon Fosse

Is this a good start to a book? The first 11 pages are a single paragraph and except where he asks himself a question, approximately once per page, it‘s one long sentence. Ok…

jdiehr That's a no for me 4mo

thegreensofa Oh wow, you will run out of breath! 4mo

Jari-chan That's Fosse's style as I had to learn. I got used to it, but it takes a lot of effort. 4mo

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LeafingThroughLife That looks….exhausting. 4mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow 😮 4mo

Liz_M Coming from someone that loves Saramago's lack of punctuation and Ducks, Newburyport, this is a good sign 😁 4mo

AnneCecilie I‘ve heard this is not the best Fosse to start with. That his trilogy is better, if not some of his shorter works. But I‘m not sure about how much is translated into English. But I‘m curious to how you find it. 4mo

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Texreader

Septology | Jon Fosse

Wonderful husband gave me this book for Christmas. I plan to use book 1 for #letterO for #litsyatoz

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Gleefulreader

Aliss at the Fire (Norwegian Literature Series) | Damion Searls, Jon Fosse

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This was a pick with the caveat that it may not be for everyone, as the writing style could be difficult. There are shifting narratives, sometimes within the same sentence, and lots of extended paragraphs of text where ideas loop back and are repeated. It‘s a story of loneliness and grief and the repeated trauma of generations. Definitely will need a reread to capture what I missed in the first reading.

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