Summer

Name: Summer
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781784703295
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By Karl Ove Knausgaard and Karl Ove Knausgård

Series: Seasons Quartet

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Summer by Karl Ove Knausgaard is a reflective exploration of life's everyday moments, intertwined with essays and personal musings. The book captures the beauty of small, often overlooked details, offering insights into human nature and the cycles of life. Through these observations, Knausgaard delves into themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy introspective and poetic reflections on ordinary life, enriched with insightful observations and vivid descriptions of the changing seasons. It combines elements of memoir with art and culture, offering a tapestry of emotions and thoughts from everyday experiences.

Summer

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Summer is the fourth volume of the Seasons quartet, a collection of short prose and diaries written by a father for his youngest daughter, with stunning artwork by Anselm Kiefer.

Knausgaard unearths the mysteries of the commonplace. — Observer

In Summer, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about long days full of sunlight, eating ice cream with his children, lawn sprinklers, and ladybirds. He experiments with the beginnings of a novel and keeps a diary in which the small events of his family's life are recorded. Against a canvas of memories, longings, and experiences of art and literature, he searches for the meaning of moments as they pass us by.

Wondrous... There are blissful glimpses of nature's mystery and balance. — Financial Times

Series: Seasons Quartet

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Summer by Karl Ove Knausgaard is celebrated for its curious and particular observations of the world, bringing scenes to life with shimmering prose. His writing effortlessly transitions from thoughtful analysis to an impassioned connection with the world, offering engrossing reflections that draw universal themes from specific details. This final instalment in his seasonal meditations is noted for its optimistic tone and serves as both a narrative and a commentary on storytelling itself.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784703295

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Contributors:

Translated by Ingvild Burkey
Illustrated by Anselm Kiefer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 643g

Pages: 416

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Health & Wellness Karl Ove Knausgaard Karl Ove Knausgård Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Seasons Quartet Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, 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 series (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity and The Third Realm) is published in thirty-five languages. Anselm Kiefer (Illustrator) Anselm Kiefer's body of work comprises paintings, sculptures, installations, artist books, and works on paper such as watercolours, woodcuts, collages, and photographs. Fusing art and literature, Kiefer engages taboo and controversial issues from recent history as well as the ancient myth of life, death, and the cosmos. He brings to light the importance of the sacred and spiritual, myth and memory.