{"product_id":"in-the-land-of-the-cyclops-9781939810748","title":"In the Land of the Cyclops","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnausgaard’s struggle is still ongoing with \u003ci\u003eIn the Land of the Cyclops\u003c\/i\u003e as he continues to navigate the fjord of truth between reality and experience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This, which we perhaps could call inexhaustible precision, is the goal of all art, and its essential legitimacy.”  —Jessica Ferri,\u003ci\u003e The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first essay collection to be published in English, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle \u003c\/i\u003eseries Karl Ove Knausgaard explores art, philosophy, and literature with piercing candor and remarkable erudition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaired with full color-images, his essays render the shadowlands of Cindy Sherman’s photography, illuminate the depth of Stephen Gill’s eye, and tussle with the inner mechanics of Ingmar Bergman’s workbooks. In one essay he describes the figure of Francesca Woodman, arms coiled in birch bark and reaching up toward the sky—a tree. In another, he unearths Sally Mann’s photographs of decomposing corpses, so much so that branches and limbs, hair and grass, begin to harmonize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay bristles with Knausgaard’s searing honesty and longing to authentically see, understand, and experience the world.","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49536251560279,"sku":"9781939810748","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781939810748.jpg?v=1731901576","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-land-of-the-cyclops-9781939810748","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}