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My Struggle, Book Four
My Struggle, Book Four | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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At eighteen years, old Karl Ove moves to a tiny fisherman's village in the far north of the arctic circle to work as a school teacher. No interest in the job itself, his intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine. He writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals, and receives flattering attention from several beautiful local girls. But as the darkness of the long arctic nights start to consume the landscape, Karl Ove's life takes a darker turn. His writing repeats itself, his drinking escalates to some disturbing blackouts, his attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation and shame, and to his distress, he also develops romantic feelings towards one of his students. Along the way, there are flashbacks to his high school years and the roots of his current problems. Ever present is the long shadow cast by his father, whose own sharply increasing alcohol consumption serves as an ominous backdrop to the author's lifestlye.
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Taylor
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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More of those crazy Knausgaard shenanigans—drunken, out of control nights; bizarre situational scenes that are like “why did he even think to put this in here?”; and the ceaselessly awkward obsession with getting laid.

It helps that all this this is so differently written that it‘s like the author is of another species. Like it‘s the reflections of an alien come to this planet to live amongst us.

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GatheringBooks
Dancing in the Dark | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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#BiblioMAYnia Day 6: #SideProfile reminded me of these Knausgaard My Struggle series that I have not even begun reading yet. I think I am only missing the massive Book 6. Anyone who has read these books yet?

OriginalCyn620 📚👍🏻📚 5y
Leftcoastzen All of them , loved them , inhaled them , I was slow to finish vol 6. 5y
arubabookwoman I'm on 5. I've lived them all so far. 5y
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jveezer
My Struggle, Book Four | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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While I don‘t resonate with everything he says, Karl Ove captures nicely the awkwardness of being an adolescent boy, maybe one who thinks all his friends have had sex while he hasn‘t but is desperate to, one who is always second-guessing what the girls are thinking, etc. Brilliant writing.

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Pat1287
Ballando al buio | Karl Ove Knausgrd
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...Just like to meet again an old friend...

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BarbaraBB
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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This one I liked the least of the series. It is the one about when he starts teaching in the north of Norway, fails to write and falls in love with a 13 years old. Still a great read however.

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Mike_W
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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True to form, KO was so blunt about his fears and shortcomings (no pun intended but I guess that's a spoiler), that I had to read on just to see how things turned out with each new romantic pursuit. The dramatic irony produced (he builds a strong case each time for impending failures) created a schadenfreude that was difficult to resist.

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cathysaid
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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Let's be honest. Every month this list flies out the window as soon as I visit the library. 😁🙄😉

#MarchTBR

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LorneGuyland
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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TMI about Karl Ove and his premature ejaculation problem. Also TMI as to his yen (as an 18-year-old teacher) for 13-year-old girls. Yet I suppose that's what makes this book so compelling. The honesty and cringeworthiness of it.

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LorneGuyland
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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Now starting this, as my summer of Ferrante and Knausgaard continues.

LeahBergen Mine is just beginning. My two book clubs picked the first of both series 😀 I better get started soon 8y
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Leftcoastzen
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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Ok I am only 153 pages in but I am always struck how I love the intricate musings of Karl Ove's soul! Moving at a wonderful pace the real life workings of confidence and self doubt, longing for a future yet looking at the past .Often capturing a moment like a still life to linger in contrasted with a fleeting instant who's full weight won't be understood till much later

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melafranceshutson
My Struggle: Book 4 | Karl Ove Knausgaard
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This is where Knausgaard's genius lies. If you trust him, if you are willing to tread through the mundane and the sublime, you will be rewarded in ways you will never suspect. You will experience what it feels like to be in someone else's head, literally. This man is genius.