The Sunday Times bestseller from literary phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, a love letter about the world written by a father to his unborn daughter.
'Inspiring, surprising... Autumn will warm and enlighten anyone who opens their eyes to it' The Times
Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece each day, describing the material and natural world - from twilight to the migration of birds, from Van Gogh to forgiveness - with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark.
With artwork by Vanessa Baird
'This book is full of wonders... The world feels repainted' New York Times
Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author)
Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes Out of the World, A Time for Everything and the Seasons Quartet, is published in thirty-five languages.
Vanessa Baird (Illustrator)
Vanessa Baird (1963) was born in Oslo, where she now lives and works. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and in 2015 she won the Lorck Schive Art Prize, Norway's biggest contemporary art prize.
Title: Autumn: (Seasons Quartet 1)
Author: Knausgaard, Karl Ove
ISBN: 9781784703264
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Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 2021-09-30
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.3701 kg
Diverse and delightful... These sharp little essays capture the wonder of things with photographic immediacy... This is an inspiring, surprising collection * The Times *
Brilliantly conveys the sense you get, as a prospective parent, that the world is brand new... It's all beautifully done. -- William Leith * Evening Standard *
In Autumn, a lyrical cabaret beside the grand opera of the My Struggle books, taboo memories and forbidden feelings disrupt the grown-up project of a compendium of fatherly wisdom... Autumn glows with a radiant attachment to 'the world, as it is'... From sunshine to head-lice, it celebrates the 'dizzying intensity of being'. * The Economist *
Quietly illuminates Knausgaard's profound gift for making the reader see the world in fresh and unpredictable ways. -- Stuart Evers * The Observer *
This book is full of wonders... Loose teeth, chewing gum, it all becomes noble, almost holy, under Knausgaard's patient, admiring gaze. The world feels repainted. -- Parul Sehgal * New York Times *
