Description
In the final volume of a monumental autobiographical project, Karl Ove Knausgård turns his gaze to the boundary between private life and public meaning, confronting fear, doubt, and the stories people tell about one another. As he moves through the aftermath of a family death and the pressures of writing under scrutiny, he asks what it really means to be an individual—and what happens when the “we” of collective identity hardens into exclusion. Blending intimate reflection with a wider moral inquiry, the book examines life, love, literature, and death with Knausgård’s characteristic unsparing candor and restless intelligence. The result is a closing act that reframes history as something we participate in, not something that simply happens “to” others.
Available Editions
paperback
Knopf Canada
Published Jan 1, 2018
1168 pages
ISBN: 9780345809988
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
eng
Translation
From: nor
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The End by Karl Ove Knausgård.