A Death in the Family

Author: Karl Ove Knausgård

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. When he becomes a father himself, he must balance the demands of….Read More

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