![]() ![]() The more one considers My Struggle, the more contradictions and paradoxes begin to emerge.įor example, it’s not always good. If one is looking for clarity, though, prepare for frustration. ![]() Now, with the publication of the series’ final book, The End, in English (bringing the total weight of the series to more than 4,000 pages in its Canadian edition), we are able to look at My Struggle as a whole, to look at the full scope of Knausgaard’s vision. The novels became bestsellers in translation, with largely rapturous reviews. And then there was the title, which the series shared with another significant memoir, that of Adolf Hitler. We knew of the rifts that had developed between the author and some of his subjects, with family members - including his uncle and his former wife - taking to the media to attack the books and the writer. Before we had read a word, readers were aware of the series’ nature and history - six volumes of autobiographical-fiction, bestsellers in Norway - and its controversies: friends and family members had protested their inclusion and depiction in the books, claiming Knausgaard was not as honest as purported. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle arrived to the English-reading world, beginning in 2013, pre-hyped and eagerly anticipated. ![]()
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