{"product_id":"arendal-by-karl-ove-knausgaard-9781787305557","title":"Arendal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArendal\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about impossible love and impossible life from the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Death in the Family\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe haunting new novel from the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Death in the Family\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1976. Syvert is on his way back to his wife and two sons after a work trip when his car breaks down outside Arendal and he has to spend the night in the city. It is winter and bitterly cold; ice covers the strait all the way to the sea, so thick that cars can drive on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere, almost home, but caught up in memories of his doomed love affair with Asya, a space opens between the known and the unknown, both in the city, as Syvert wanders the streets in the dark, and within him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArendal\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about impossible love and impossible life, about ships of the dead, fire and ice, dizzying starry skies and a man trying to find his foothold in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Absorbs you utterly' \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n'One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I've ever read' Brandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\n'Addictive' \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n'Brilliant storytelling . . . Epic' \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n'As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama' \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n'Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive' \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArendal\u003c\/em\u003e is set in the Morning Star universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233107849452,"sku":"9781787305557","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781787305557-arendal-1.jpg?v=1787725739","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/arendal-by-karl-ove-knausgaard-9781787305557","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}