Home and Away by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times and Evening StandardKarl Ove Knausgaard and fellow writer Fredrik Ekelund kick around thoughts and ideas on football, life, art and politicsKarl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skane with his wife, four small children and a dog.
"[It is] fascinating, insightful.. Engrossing." -- Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *
"Home and Away is deeply intelligent, enjoyable and sometimes funny." -- Simon Kuper * Financial Times, Book of the Year *
"An entirely engrossing exchange of ideas, affection and memory… [A] genuinely engaging two-hander of real affection and insight." -- Barney Ronay * Literary Review *
"Knausgaard is a writer with an astonishing ability to elevate the prosaic… As a reading experience, Home and Away is diverting, indulgent and stealthily enjoyable. Just as it probably was to write." * Esquire, Book of the Year *
"At its core, Home and Away is a story about two men doing what they can to keep a friendship afloat, even from continents away." * New Yorker *
"For a book which, at heart, is no more than two friends chatting about football, there is a lot to like." * The Economist *
"Home and Away is deeply intelligent, enjoyable and sometimes funny." -- Simon Kuper * Financial Times, Book of the Year *
"An entirely engrossing exchange of ideas, affection and memory… [A] genuinely engaging two-hander of real affection and insight." -- Barney Ronay * Literary Review *
"Knausgaard is a writer with an astonishing ability to elevate the prosaic… As a reading experience, Home and Away is diverting, indulgent and stealthily enjoyable. Just as it probably was to write." * Esquire, Book of the Year *
"At its core, Home and Away is a story about two men doing what they can to keep a friendship afloat, even from continents away." * New Yorker *
"For a book which, at heart, is no more than two friends chatting about football, there is a lot to like." * The Economist *
Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) 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 Out of the World, A Time for Everything and the Seasons Quartet, is published in thirty-five languages.Fredrik Ekelund (Author) Fredrik Ekelund is a Swedish novelist, playwright and translator. He won the Fackföreningsrörelsens Ivar Lo Prize in 2009 for his novel M/S Tiden, hailed as `the year’s best Swedish novel’ by Svenska Dagbladet. He has played as a striker in the Swedish authors’ national football team.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781910701355 |
| ISBN 10 | 1910701351 |
| Title | Home and Away |
| Author | Karl Ove Knausgård |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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