I never read the translation before publication. The most important things for me is that the emotion is captured in such a way that the feelings that are in the original are there, much more than the details, if they are right or wrong.
We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the o… - Karl Ove Knausgard
We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the o…
- Karl Ove Knausgard
As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. Understanding the world requires you to… - Karl Ove Knausgard
As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. Understanding the world requires you to…
I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations. - Karl Ove Knausgard
I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations.
Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be so that shame was right. You can never, never know… - Karl Ove Knausgard
Shame tells you when you've gone too far. Then you try if it's okay to go too far. And it might be so that shame was right. You can never, never know…
As a person, I'm polite - I want to please. - Karl Ove Knausgard
As a person, I'm polite - I want to please.
The way we deny death says something about how we live our lives, doesn't it? At least in Sweden or Scandinavia, you don't have to search further bac… - Karl Ove Knausgard
The way we deny death says something about how we live our lives, doesn't it? At least in Sweden or Scandinavia, you don't have to search further bac…
And it's a disquieting thought that not even the past is done with, even that continues to change, as if in reality there is only one time, for every… - Karl Ove Knausgard
And it's a disquieting thought that not even the past is done with, even that continues to change, as if in reality there is only one time, for every…
The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassion; if no one else on the farm gave it a thought,… - Karl Ove Knausgard
The tree was so old, and stood there so alone, that his childish heart had been filled with compassion; if no one else on the farm gave it a thought,…
I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up wit… - Karl Ove Knausgard
I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up wit…
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