Karl Ove Knasgaard's writing is so impressive, so inspiring and fabulous in all its dimensions. Also, it is for me really a great pleasure to listen him speaking about his life, his family and his books. He seems so incredibly close, humble and so human. That is so rare in a great writer.
I didn't want to hear an interview or read much about him till I'd finished Book 6 but I'm really glad I listened to this. He has valuable things to say about himself, other people and those who write.
I feel like I know Karl Ove in an intimate way, I know more about him than I do my own family, as he lays himself bare in a self sabotaging way where you hear his most private thoughts. Thoughts which no person I have ever known would admit to. Thoughts which I have often myself wondered if I am normal for thinking. Readers who approach him talk of their own struggles, he is cathartic to us!! Maybe in his deep conscious he feels like he has purified himself for God, he has confessed to world.
Reading Min Kamp made me think about art and it's pragmatic, therapeutic role for the contemporary man. The way I see it, it's essence is now more purposeful than ever. Knausgaard's struggle is his finite work - you can hold it in your hands. It's a treatise on literature and art in general. Gone are the days when paintings, music, literature were made for religious purposes, now they're mostly fixed on what's common for everyone, raising our awareness of what's more important in life. There is no romantic ideal anymore, it's just humanism in a time when you feel stuck in your day-to-day monotony.
He is in fact telling his own story, not his fathers or anyone else's, it's always from his own point of view. Interesting Andrew O'Hagan mentioning other authors but he should name them completely, I had to keep going back to hear what he was saying. These are important books, I'm in the midst of Book 6 and glad I've read them.
+aniccadance13 It's Olav H. Hauge, a great poet, and like Knausgaard says some of his work is translated to English. Couldn't tell you if the translated poems are any good though, as I've only read him in Norwegian.
Looking forward to getting to the political parts of Book 6 to see what he has to say. His book on Munch was very interesting but /and also about him. All authors are somehow embedded in what they write but Karl One Knausgaard is never trying to hide (it seems to me).
As said at the close-illuminating. His statement about the motif of faces appearing, that it was pure coincidence and that there is no such thing as coincidence.
Is it just his bad reading, or the bad english translation or just the demand to get invested in this totally uninteresting text that makes me not interested in Knausagard?
I think it's probably for the best that you just pick up the first volume and give it a go. Or, look at each volume and the period of his life that it covers and see which one best suits your interests. You'll either adore it or you'll hate it.
This is by far the best interview with Knausgård I have seen so far. Thanks for asking some challenging questions (Yes I know I'm 9 years late)
Karl Ove Knasgaard's writing is so impressive, so inspiring and fabulous in all its dimensions. Also, it is for me really a great pleasure to listen him speaking about his life, his family and his books.
He seems so incredibly close, humble and so human. That is so rare in a great writer.
Carla Kresil
Bit of a navel gazer.
I love that O'Hagan is challenging instead of fawning. Great interview.
The way in which he answers the last question plays out like a beautiful scene in a movie.
The substance of Knausgaard's answer is brilliant, too.
I didn't want to hear an interview or read much about him till I'd finished Book 6 but I'm really glad I listened to this. He has valuable things to say about himself, other people and those who write.
This was a fantastic talk. I really enjoyed listening to it. Thank you!
I feel like I know Karl Ove in an intimate way, I know more about him than I do my own family, as he lays himself bare in a self sabotaging way where you hear his most private thoughts. Thoughts which no person I have ever known would admit to. Thoughts which I have often myself wondered if I am normal for thinking. Readers who approach him talk of their own struggles, he is cathartic to us!! Maybe in his deep conscious he feels like he has purified himself for God, he has confessed to world.
Reading Min Kamp made me think about art and it's pragmatic, therapeutic role for the contemporary man. The way I see it, it's essence is now more purposeful than ever. Knausgaard's struggle is his finite work - you can hold it in your hands. It's a treatise on literature and art in general. Gone are the days when paintings, music, literature were made for religious purposes, now they're mostly fixed on what's common for everyone, raising our awareness of what's more important in life. There is no romantic ideal anymore, it's just humanism in a time when you feel stuck in your day-to-day monotony.
Just read book 1 and 2, and they are one of the best things I´ve read in the last years.
So interesting! And I love how he gestures with his hands when he speaks, as if his hands speak a whole language on their own.
Brilliant Karl Ove. He really thinks before he speaks. I am reading Book 1 and quickly want to get two Book 2.
Top notch interview
by 2020 he`s english has improved a lot. Living in London does wonders to some people
Your English could do with some improvement mate
"How to feel free of everything" it is almost impossible. But Karl Owe says, he did.
He is in fact telling his own story, not his fathers or anyone else's, it's always from his own point of view. Interesting Andrew O'Hagan mentioning other authors but he should name them completely, I had to keep going back to hear what he was saying. These are important books, I'm in the midst of Book 6 and glad I've read them.
What's the name of the poet he mentioned at 20.18? I couldn't get it..
+aniccadance13 It's Olav H. Hauge, a great poet, and like Knausgaard says some of his work is translated to English. Couldn't tell you if the translated poems are any good though, as I've only read him in Norwegian.
+magmelb Thank you very much ❤️I'll search for translation, if Karl says he's good I believe as he himself is amazing..
Looking forward to getting to the political parts of Book 6 to see what he has to say. His book on Munch was very interesting but /and also about him. All authors are somehow embedded in what they write but Karl One Knausgaard is never trying to hide (it seems to me).
"to write is to set yourself a goal, then go there when you sleep."
As said at the close-illuminating. His statement about the motif of faces appearing, that it was pure coincidence and that there is no such thing as coincidence.
Let him write. Its therapy. After all we are all fucked up.. more or less.
As I watch this I am drinking alcohol and have "My Struggle" next to me on my bed and I am smiling, sitting alone.
+James Staples edgy
Nice sentence. :)
welcome fellow member of 'the internet'
Veronica Harris...please go away.
I wasn't crying at the end of the Bjork film. I thought it was laughable.
'What do you mean by an 'authentic life'? Satre, baby! Satre!
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I LOVE YOU!!
Z
Karl Ove Navel-Gazer.
very witty!
For someone who feels great shame, you seem to have done really well out of it !!!!
Is it just his bad reading, or the bad english translation or just the demand to get invested in this totally uninteresting text that makes me not interested in Knausagard?
I think it's probably for the best that you just pick up the first volume and give it a go. Or, look at each volume and the period of his life that it covers and see which one best suits your interests. You'll either adore it or you'll hate it.
what????
what did you really expect?
YOU ARE NOT YOUR FATHER!!!!!!!!!
+Veronica Harris ARE YOU PSYCHOTIC?
Maybe, depends on your version
And KArl Ove. you are right, you will never write anything "Good"
As I watch this I am drinking alcohol and have "My Struggle" next to me on my bed and I am smiling, sitting alone.