{"product_id":"the-end-9780099590194","title":"The End","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From \u003ci\u003eA Death in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes the Seasons Quartet and the Morning Star sequence (\u003ci\u003eThe Morning Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wolves of Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Realm \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe School of Night\u003c\/i\u003e) is published in thirty-six languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Aitken\u003c\/b\u003e has translated the works of many Scandinavian writers, among them Karl Ove Knausgaard, Helle Helle, Hanne Ørstavik and Olga Ravn. He lives in Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor all its complexity, \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle \u003c\/i\u003eachieves something pretty simple, the thing that enduring fiction has always done: it creates a world that \u003cb\u003eabsorbs you utterly… \u003ci\u003eThe End \u003c\/i\u003eis alive.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Theo Tait * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnausgaard’s rendering of this crisis – the jitteriness, the relentlessness with which he goes over events again and again, his overwhelming sense of transgression and shame – is riveting\u003c\/b\u003e… Every changed nappy, every cigarette smoked on the balcony, every cup of coffee poured from that damn vacuum jug is another alibi; the creation of the normal life that distracts from the roiling mess within... \u003cb\u003eThat we cannot quite name what we’ve experienced is part of the brilliance.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Alex Clark * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e is woven of a man’s love for his family and his obsession with the solitary writing life, the warp and weft of these contradictory passions sometimes meshing together perfectly… \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Struggle \u003c\/i\u003eis a cultural moment worth getting involved in.\u003c\/b\u003e The six volumes offer something special: total immersion in the soap opera of another person’s life. -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA uniquely compelling and absorbing reading experience\u003c\/b\u003e… captivating interplay between banality and beauty, the redundant and the sublime. -- Chris Power * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompulsively addictive\u003c\/b\u003e… His way of describing “reality as it is” is to expand the range of thoughts and actions, however mundane or shameful, that a human being will publicly admit to. -- Jake Kerridge * Daily Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732319547735,"sku":"9780099590194","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099590194.jpg?v=1719996397","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-end-9780099590194","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}