{"id":98098,"date":"2024-10-24T22:13:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T22:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/arendal-by-karl-ove-knausgard-news-culture-and-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T22:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T22:13:20","slug":"arendal-by-karl-ove-knausgard-news-culture-and-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/arendal-by-karl-ove-knausgard-news-culture-and-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"“Arendal” by Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd – news Culture and entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The leaves on the trees are changing colour, there is frost on the ground \u2013 and a new Knausg\u00e5rd novel in the bookshop. Since he started the “Morgenstjernen” project in 2020, Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd has published a new book every autumn. He himself insists that he will write seven, but you never know with Knaus. For my part, may he continue to eternity. This is addictive serial literature. In the series, whose books in no way follow each other, he sets the tiny everyday life against the big, inexplicable. So also in “Arendal”, the fifth – and slimmest – book to date. PROFILED: Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd has had his books translated into more than 30 languages. Photo: Heiko Junge \/ NTB No southern idyll The observant Knausg\u00e5rd reader will probably recognize the name Syvert L\u00f8yning from book two, “The wolves from the forest of eternity”, a tough affair that took a little too much time at the kitchen counter. “Arendal” is more tightly composed. The action unfolds over just a few days. Detailed descriptions of everyday life and theoretical passages have been toned down, replaced by a greater drive. It is due to the protagonist’s inherent restlessness. Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd Knausg\u00e5rd was born in Oslo on 6 December 1968. He grew up on Trom\u00f8ya near Arendal, and in Kristiansand. Knausg\u00e5rd made his literary debut in 1998 with the novel “Out of the world”, which attracted great attention. As the first debutante ever, he was awarded the Critics’ Prize. The sequel “A time for everything” tells the story of the angels on earth. In 2005, he was nominated for the Nordic Council’s literature prize for the novel. The novel was named one of the 25 best Norwegian books of the last 25 years by Dagbladet in the summer of 2006. He also received the S\u00f8rlandet literature prize and the P2 listeners’ novel prize. Knausg\u00e5rd’s autobiographical novel series “Min Kamp” was published in six volumes between autumn 2009 and November 2011. For the first book, he received the Brage prize and the P2 listeners’ novel prize. The novel was also nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize, the Critic’s Prize, the Book Dealer’s Prize and the Youth Critic’s Prize. Knausg\u00e5rd received the Gyldendal prize in 2011 for his writing. In 2014, Knausg\u00e5rd was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in Great Britain and for the Best Translated Book Awards in the USA for the novel “Min kamp. Second book.\u201d In 2015, Knausg\u00e5rd was awarded Die Welt’s literature prize for his entire writing. He also received the 2015 Italian Malaparte Prize and the Wall Street Journal’s 2015 Innovator Award for Literature. “Min kamp” was staged as a stage drama by Stockholm Stadsteater in 2015, and in Norway in 2016 in a co-production between Riksteatret, Oslo Nye Teater and Agder Teater. In 2015 and 2016, Knausg\u00e5rd published a novel series about the four seasons, styled for his youngest daughter. In 2017, Knausg\u00e5rd curated an exhibition of Munch paintings at the Munch Museum, followed by the book “So much longing on so little flate”. Knausg\u00e5rd has written texts for some of the world’s most renowned newspapers, such as Der Spiegel, The Guardian and the New York Times. In 2020, he started the “Morgenstjernen” project. The plan is to write seven books in this series, one each autumn. The year is 1976, and the married father of small children, Syvert L\u00f8yning (yep, father and son have the same name), is on his way home to his family in Kristiansand when his car breaks down, and he has to spend the night in Arendal. It is mid-winter and bone-chilling. The streets are empty of people, the ice is thickly packed on the fjord. And Syvert, he drifts along the street, and can’t find rest. A chance meeting with the sister of a childhood friend who has recently died of cancer sets the mind in motion. The sister tells about a kind of mourning group she is part of, which comes into contact with the dead. Or is it just lack and confusion? Reason and emotions In “Arendal”, Knausg\u00e5rd continues to explore themes he has dealt with since his debut: life, death and everything in between, the inexplicable versus the scientific. Through the protagonist, he dabbles in reflections on memories, time, even the meaning of life, in engaging, dizzying twists. Syvert is above average concerned with the phenomenon of time. Maybe because he doesn’t live fully and completely in time, he just exists. The life he wants to live is impossible. In the bag are the love letters from Asja, his great love. She lives in the Soviet Union and he has recently tried to end the relationship. Syvert struggles between reason and emotions, between the life he has created for himself and the dream of a life with Asja: “Who walks away from the best thing that has happened to them?” Goofy atmosphere Although the giant star from the first book is only mentioned in a flash, the apocalyptic atmosphere from the book series is absolutely present. Syvert hallucinates, sees visions, he experiences things that happen later, gets memories that are not his own: “It was one of the most unpleasant feelings I had ever known. That I didn’t know who I was”, he thinks after a particularly awkward experience in the local pub, which also creeps under the reader’s skin. Or is the drunk to blame? When Syvert drinks, he gets cranky. He scolds people, only to be insulted and enraged when it is pointed out. And even though his mother lives in the city, he pays her only a short visit. In some short, painful flashbacks from childhood, we know why, and how Syvert became Syvert. Knausg\u00e5rd writes terribly well and down to earth about neglect and violence against children. The one life As in the rest of his writing, he is also concerned here with the family, both the one you are born into – and the one you may regret having chosen. It is painful to read about Syvert and his wife’s choreographed and stiffened “relationship dance”. In last year’s book, “Night School”, it was a lot about what a life is worth. “Arendal” deals with the costs of life, or which life one should choose, if one can choose. This is novel material that makes the reader think about his own life. The last pages are read with palpitations. The book closes with mild frustration (Knaus, you’re a flirt!) – and with hope for a new harvest. news reviews Title: “Arendal” Author: Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd Publisher: Oktober Date: 25 October 2024 ISBN: 9788249528837 Hello, book lovers! I am a freelance writer and review books for news. I love everything from dizzying page-turners to short short stories and narrative non-fiction. The last book I read in shreds was “J\u00e4vla menn” by Andrev Walden, and my heart beats extra hard for Lorrie Moore and Geoff Dyer. Please contact me if you have input for the review or tips on books I should read! Read reviews of all the books in the “Morgenstjernen” project: Published 24\/10\/2024, at 15.31
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