Book · 2013 · Fiction, family life, general
My Struggle
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I found it kind of mesmerizing in a similar way to My Struggle by Knausgård in that sometimes you finish a novel and it's you know, okay, on to the next one. That was a nice novel. And then there's some novels where you feel like a whole world has been sort of opened up in front of you.
What they say about it
- Six volume work“six volume autobiographical novel”4
The best things said about it
Card of course broke huge on the scene with his six volume autobiographical novel my struggle th this quartet of books shares some things with my struggle.
And then you know you read these books over and over again and for example the the last volume of canard's my struggle series was essentially a retelling of of mine comp.
I'm thinking of books like Karl Ove Knausgård's My Struggle.
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Why people recommend it
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård, translated by Don Bartlett, is a massive, multi-volume autobiographical novel that chronicles the intimate and mundane details of the author's daily life. The monumental work was a frequent topic of conversation on The Book Review, where hosts and critics like Gilbert Cruz, Pamela Paul, and Greg Cowles explored its profound influence on the rise of contemporary autofiction and single-narrator fiction. Reviewers discussed the literary significance of the series, noting its groundbreaking structure and emotional resonance, while critic Daniel Mendelson reviewed the final volume in depth. Critic Dwight Garner even compared the final volume's psychological weight to Adolf Hitler's writings, and Tom Perrotta cited Knausgård's approach alongside other minimalist, single-narrator works. Outside of the podcast, author Scott Sumner on Conversations with Tyler compared the immersive, world-opening experience of reading Solenoid to the mesmerizing narrative pull of Knausgård's autofictional epic.
Every mention
Gilbert Cruz We should go to 2009, which is when in America a book named My Struggle or the first volume in a in a multi… 3
“We should go to 2009, which is when in America a book named My Struggle or the first volume in a in a multi-book series by Karl Ove Knausgard came out.”
“talking about our great disorg Carl over canel scard six my struggle books”
“what is Carl ovak Canard trying to do in his six volume novel my struggle Daniel Mendelson joins us to help make sense of it all”
Dwight Garner and then you know you read these books over and over again and for example the the last volume of canard's… 1
“and then you know you read these books over and over again and for example the the last volume of canard's my struggle series was essentially a retelling of of mine comp”
Greg Cowles card of course broke huge on the scene with his six volume autobiographical novel my struggle th this quart… 1
“card of course broke huge on the scene with his six volume autobiographical novel my struggle th this quartet of books shares some things with my struggle”
Pamela Paul in this week's book review he reviewed the sixth volume of Carl Oak canow guard's my struggle while reading… 1
“in this week's book review he reviewed the sixth volume of Carl Oak canow guard's my struggle while reading as well the previous five volume so Daniel thank you for doing that”
Scott Sumner And I found it kind of mesmerizing in a similar way to My Struggle by Knausgård in that sometimes you finis… 1
“And I found it kind of mesmerizing in a similar way to My Struggle by Knausgård in that sometimes you finish a novel and it's you know, okay, on to the next one. That was a nice novel. And then there's some novels where you feel like a whole world has been sort of opened up in front of you.”
Tom Perrotta I'm thinking of books like Carl oen asgard's uh my struggle I'm thinking of Jenny alul Department of specul… 1
“I'm thinking of books like Carl oen asgard's uh my struggle I'm thinking of Jenny alul Department of speculation Ben learner leaving the Atocha station books with a single narrator”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“that series of books sort of became this huge phenomenon around the same time that Canal Scar's multivolume my struggle series also became very popular”