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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
цитати
"Шта је супротно парирању? Није регресија, није повлачење у твој свет светлог и тамног, топлог и хладног, меког и тврдог. Није ни светлост неразлученог, није ни сан ни одмор. Супротност парирању је стварање, додавање нечега што раније није било. Тебе раније није било. "
"Само се живи рачунају. "
" То [самоубиство] је детињасто, али не припада детињству, којем је самоубиство страно. "
" Знаш, лепота овога света не значи ништа ако си сама у њој. "
" [...] обраћање је увек присније у делу него у стварности. Чега је књижевност израз ако не иначе недоступне и у стварности непостојеће присности? "
" Живот је понекад болан, али увек има за шта да се живи.
Хоћеш ли упамтити? "
"Шта је супротно парирању? Није регресија, није повлачење у твој свет светлог и тамног, топлог и хладног, меког и тврдог. Није ни светлост неразлученог, није ни сан ни одмор. Супротност парирању је стварање, додавање нечега што раније није било. Тебе раније није било. "
"Само се живи рачунају. "
" То [самоубиство] је детињасто, али не припада детињству, којем је самоубиство страно. "
" Знаш, лепота овога света не значи ништа ако си сама у њој. "
" [...] обраћање је увек присније у делу него у стварности. Чега је књижевност израз ако не иначе недоступне и у стварности непостојеће присности? "
" Живот је понекад болан, али увек има за шта да се живи.
Хоћеш ли упамтити? "
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
This seems like a short version of the novels from the "My struggle" series. Although much shorter than any of these this novel creates some of the same sense of immersion. With flashbacks woven in and one day in spring as a frame that Knausgård starts with and returns back to, he manages to stretch this one day and gets in his typical mixture of deep thoughts, flowing from one subject to the other. And in addition to that, there's his ability to pay very close attention to the actions and surroundings he fills this day with.
I don't know what it is with the way Knausgård writes, but there is something about his style and the flow of it that makes me lose every sense of time passing in the pages, I look up from the book and suddenly I went through a huge amount of pages and it's way too late.
This book is very much an opportunity to look in someone elses head, in such great detail that in occasion these feelings are easier to understand and clearer than ones own. And there is a good chance of finding some quotes that you want to write down and carry with you, because the way they are encaptured is better than you yourself could ever have thought of.
I don't know what it is with the way Knausgård writes, but there is something about his style and the flow of it that makes me lose every sense of time passing in the pages, I look up from the book and suddenly I went through a huge amount of pages and it's way too late.
This book is very much an opportunity to look in someone elses head, in such great detail that in occasion these feelings are easier to understand and clearer than ones own. And there is a good chance of finding some quotes that you want to write down and carry with you, because the way they are encaptured is better than you yourself could ever have thought of.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A little bit of the same problem I had with his earlier book: father. Some little thong he discribes very detailed and some important things he hardly mentions at all. Also I REALLY don't need to know what your phlegm and poo looks like!
It' weird that it's called spring, but is mostly about summer.
The paintings are gorgeous!
It' weird that it's called spring, but is mostly about summer.
The paintings are gorgeous!
Wow. I was already a big fan and I was enjoying the seasonal "quartet", but this volume really threw me. The first 2 had set me up to expect more brief chapters detailing random/general facts & explanations of how the world works to his youngest, unborn daughter- but this one was a departure. In just under 190 pages and 3 long chapters (+ Epilogue), Karl Ove does what he does best depicting his day in minuscule detail to totally draw in the reader, but this time he also made a pretty big reveal. I was rapt and had to put the book down often because there are several utterly beautiful passages which I had to absorb, and then there were many more difficult passages, when he shows us how after putting off for months, he had to finally make a decision to save his wife and help her become well. It's a truly heartwrenching ordeal, and Karl Ove again paints himself as a pretty awful guy, but balances it out with all the time he puts into caring for the children while his wife is away and making mistakes like leaving the house with the baby but no money or milk.
**Trigger warnings for discussions of depression & suicide.**
**Trigger warnings for discussions of depression & suicide.**