A review by dama_1505
My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgård

5.0

This isn't an easy book. It takes time, commitment which makes it so much more worthwhile. The author is just fantastic at capturing the banality and mundane of everyday life, the sacrifices we make along the way, while also veering off into contemplating his own self, what it means to be a writer, philosophy et al. But it never feels like veering off. Because I'm real life while you make a cup of coffee, or think about dinner tonight, if you are a contemplative person, other thoughts and ideas flow in and out of your mind. This book does this perfectly. And why I love this book so much is that just as he is trying to figure out himself, it has given me moments of my own self-reflection. Isn't that what great art is about?