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Summer

by Karl Ove Knausgaard
Anselm Kiefer
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The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the great German artist Anselm Kiefer.
The conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short vividly descriptive essays with emotionally-raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter, weaving them into a moving conclusion. He mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father, documenting his family’s life in rural Sweden. The pains of family and parenthood come alive with uncommon feeling.
“Engrossing. . . . Knausgaard’s prose evokes universal themes from intimate specifics.” —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
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Series: The Seasons Series Publisher: Knopf Canada

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  • ISBN: 9780345811141
  • Release date: August 21, 2018

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  • ISBN: 9780345811141
  • File size: 12267 KB
  • Release date: August 21, 2018
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Biography & Autobiography Literary Criticism Nature Nonfiction

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The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons, illustrated with paintings by the great German artist Anselm Kiefer.
The conclusion to one of the most extraordinary and original literary projects in recent years, Summer once again intersperses short vividly descriptive essays with emotionally-raw diary entries addressed directly to Knausgaard's newborn daughter, weaving them into a moving conclusion. He mines with new depth his difficult memories of his childhood and fraught relationship with his own father, documenting his family’s life in rural Sweden. The pains of family and parenthood come alive with uncommon feeling.
“Engrossing. . . . Knausgaard’s prose evokes universal themes from intimate specifics.” —Publisher's Weekly, starred review
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Biography & Autobiography Literary Criticism Nature Nonfiction
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