Dancing in the dark / Karl Ove Knausgård ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.
18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgård moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine: He writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals and receives flattering attention from several beautiful local girls. But then, as the darkness of the long polar nights start to cover the beautiful landscape, Karl Ove's life also takes a darker turn. The stories he writes tend to repeat themselves, his drinking escalates and causes some disturbing blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation and shame, and to his own distress he also develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. Along the way, there are flashbacks to his high school years and the roots of his current problems. And then there is the shadow of his father, whose sharply increasing alcohol consumption serves as an ominous backdrop to Karl Ove's own lifestyle.
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- ISBN: 9781846557248 (hbk)
- ISBN: 1846557240 (hbk)
- Physical Description: 548 pages ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: London : Harvill Secker, [2015]
- Copyright: ℗♭2015.
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General Note: | First published with the title Min kamp fjerde bok in Norway by Forlaget Oktober, Oslo in 2010. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Norwegian. |
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Subject: | Families > Fiction. Authors, Norwegian > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. |
Genre: | Autobiographical fiction. |
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245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aDancing in the dark / ‡cKarl Ove Knausgård ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. |
246 | 3 | . | ‡aMy struggle. ‡pBook 4 : Dancing in the dark. |
264 | 1. | ‡aLondon : ‡bHarvill Secker, ‡c[2015] | |
264 | 4. | ‡c℗♭2015. | |
300 | . | ‡a548 pages ; ‡c24 cm. | |
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490 | 1 | . | ‡aMy struggle ; ‡vbook 4. |
500 | . | ‡aFirst published with the title Min kamp fjerde bok in Norway by Forlaget Oktober, Oslo in 2010. | |
520 | . | ‡a18 years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgård moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a school teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career. Initially everything looks fine: He writes his first few short stories, finds himself accepted by the hospitable locals and receives flattering attention from several beautiful local girls. But then, as the darkness of the long polar nights start to cover the beautiful landscape, Karl Ove's life also takes a darker turn. The stories he writes tend to repeat themselves, his drinking escalates and causes some disturbing blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation and shame, and to his own distress he also develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. Along the way, there are flashbacks to his high school years and the roots of his current problems. And then there is the shadow of his father, whose sharply increasing alcohol consumption serves as an ominous backdrop to Karl Ove's own lifestyle. | |
546 | . | ‡aTranslated from the Norwegian. | |
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650 | 0. | ‡aAuthors, Norwegian ‡vFiction. | |
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