{"product_id":"against-art-by-tomas-espedal-9780857425775","title":"Against Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary Norwegian fiction, Tomas Espedal’s work stands out as uniquely personal; it can be difficult to separate the fiction from Espedal’s own experiences. In that vein, his novel \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e is not just the story of a boy growing up to be a writer, but it is also the story of writing. Specifically, it is about the profession of writing—the routines, responsibility, and obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e is also about being a father, a son, and a grandson; about a family and a family’s tales, and about how preceding generations mark their successors. It is at once about choices and changes, about motion and rest, about moving to a new place, and about living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for the Norwegian Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“One of the most beautiful, most important books I've read for years.” —\u003ci\u003eKlassekampen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Espedal has written an amazingly rich novel, which will assuredly stand out as one of the year’s best and will also further fortify the quality of Norwegian literature abroad.” —\u003ci\u003eAdresseavisen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e attacks literature while at the same time being intensely literary. Our greatest sorrows and torments, the individual experiences often so anemic in art, find a voice of their own.” —\u003ci\u003eMorgenbladet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e moves me with its maternal history and proves yet again that Tomas Espedal writes great novels.” —\u003ci\u003eDag og Tid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536165519596,"sku":"9780857425775","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780857425775-against-art.jpg?v=1776378834","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/against-art-by-tomas-espedal-9780857425775","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}