*My Struggle: Book 4*finds an eighteen-year-old Karl Ove Knausgaard in a tiny fishing village in northern Norway, where he has been hired as a schoolteacher and is living on his own for the first time. When the ferocious winter takes hold, Karl Ove--in the company of the HΓ₯fjord locals, a warm and e
Dancing in the Dark: My Struggle Book 4
β Scribed by Knausgaard, Karl Ove
- Book ID
- 109107703
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 265 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
The fourth part of the sensational My Struggle series that has been hailed as βperhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our timesβ (Guardian) Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself β or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing. All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large... **
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At eighteen years, old Karl Ove moves to a tiny fisherman's village in the far north of the arctic circle to work as a school teacher. No interest in the job itself, his intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything