The fifth installment in the eagerly awaited, internationally celebrated "My Struggle" series
The fifth book of Karl Ove Knausgaard s powerful "My Struggle" series is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite effect he wants it so much that he gets writer s block. At the same time, he sees his friends, one by one, publish their debuts. He suspects that he will never get anything published. "My Struggle: Book 5" is also a book about strong new friendships and a shattering love affair. Then one day Karl Ove reaches two crucial points in his life: his father dies and, shortly thereafter, he completes his first novel."