Dancing in the Dark

byKarl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett (Translator)

My Struggle Book 4

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A beautiful, funny, vital novel of teenage years and teenage mistakes from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.

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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
Fires every nerve ending while summoning in the reader the sheer sense of how amazing it is to be alive
Jeffrey Eugenides, New York Times

About Karl Ove Knausgaard

Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes the Seasons Quartet and the Morning Star series (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity and The Third Realm) is published in thirty-five languages.
Details
  • Series: My Struggle #4
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099581529
  • Length: 560 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 28mm x 131mm
  • Weight: 410g
  • Price: £10.99
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