- Stars, Fiction, College teachers, Life change events
A long and complex read, composed of intriguing, short deep dives into the intimate lives of loosely connected individuals, against a backdrop of an unusually hot summer in Norway. Marriages unravel, mental health struggles, illness and addiction strain families under the glare of a strange star which seems to have a kind of magnifying effect on both the faith and inconstancy of the characters.
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Contemporary, grave, contemplative and prestige.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Karl Ove Knausgård, Martin Aitken
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 688
- Publisher
- Penguin Press, Penguin Books, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781910701713
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