My Struggle: Book 1

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The New York Times bestseller that launched the Norwegian author's audacious, addictive, and globally acclaimed six-volume autobiographical novel. It has already been anointed a Proustian masterpiece and is the rare work of dazzling literary originality that is intensely, irresistibly readable. Unafraid of the big issues—death, love, art, fear—and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature. "Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times "Knausgaard is a master . . . guiding us inexorably and irresistibly towards the next installment." — Financial Times "It woul…