A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgård

A Death in the Family

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Karl Ove Knausgård

400 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Description

In this utterly remarkable novel Karl Ove Knausgaard writes with painful honesty about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable...

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Moods

reflective 90%
emotional 77%
sad 54%
dark 51%
challenging 32%
tense 17%
funny 13%
inspiring 6%
adventurous 5%
hopeful 4%
informative 4%
relaxing 2%

Pace

slow 69%
medium 29%
fast 1%

Average rating

4.06

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