{"product_id":"the-abyss-or-life-is-simple-9780226821320","title":"The Abyss or Life Is Simple","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing collection of essays on religious textures in Knausgaard's writings and our time.   Min kamp, or My Struggle, is a six-volume novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard and one of the most significant literary works of the young twenty-first century. Published in Norwegian between 2009 and 2011, the novel presents an absorbing first-person narrative of the life of a writer with the same name as the author, in a world at once fully disillusioned and thoroughly enchanted.    In 2015, a group of scholars began meeting to discuss the peculiarly religious qualities of My Struggle. Some were interested in Knausgaard's attention to explicitly religious subjects and artworks, others to what they saw as more diffuse attention to the religiousness of contemporary life. The group wondered what reading these textures of religion in these volumes might say about our times, about writing, and about themselves. The Abyss or Life Is Simple is the culmination of this collective endeavora collection of i\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourtney Bender\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of religion at Columbia University. \u003cb\u003eJeremy Biles\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \u003cb\u003eLiane Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate faculty member at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. \u003cb\u003eJoshua Dubler\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of religion at the University of Rochester. \u003cb\u003eHannah C. Garvey \u003c\/b\u003eis a doctoral candidate in religious studies at Indiana University Bloomington. \u003cb\u003eM. Cooper Harriss \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of religious studies at Indiana University Bloomington. \u003cb\u003eWinnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of religious studies at Indiana University Bloomington. \u003cb\u003eErik Thorstensen \u003c\/b\u003eis research director at OsloMet.\u003cbr\u003e“A true work of collective criticism, \u003ci\u003eThe Abyss or Life Is Simple\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of personal, thorough, and innovative essays that illuminates aspects of Knausgaard that previously have been neglected by scholars. It is a treat for anyone interested in Knausgaard's writing and an exhibit of the benefits of collaboration and collectivism in the humanities.” -- Claus Elholm Andersen, University of Wisconsin–Madison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e    A Knausgaard Reading and Writing Collective\u003cbr\u003e 1 Keeping It All at Bay\u003cbr\u003e    Courtney Bender\u003cbr\u003e 2 Love Tears\u003cbr\u003e    Erik Thorstensen\u003cbr\u003e 3 Aesthetics of an Abused Child\u003cbr\u003e    Liane Carlson\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Knausgaard Swarm\u003cbr\u003e    Joshua Dubler\u003cbr\u003e 5 Angels\u003cbr\u003e    Winnifred Fallers Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e 6 Incidentals (When the Slugs Come) (In the Cut)\u003cbr\u003e    Jeremy Biles\u003cbr\u003e 7 Shaping Our Ends\u003cbr\u003e    M. Cooper Harriss\u003cbr\u003e Outro\u003cbr\u003e Hannah C. Garvey\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400129552727,"sku":"9780226821320","price":72.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226821320.jpg?v=1730469823","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-abyss-or-life-is-simple-9780226821320","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}