{"product_id":"spring-paperback","title":"Spring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpring \u003c\/i\u003efeatures Knausgaard unbound, writing for the first time without a gimmick or the crutch of extravagant experimentation...Fall in love with the world, he enjoins, stay sensitive to it, \u003ci\u003estay \u003c\/i\u003ein it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Poignant and beautiful...Even if you think you won't like Knausgaard, try this one and you'll get him and get why some of us have gone crazy for him.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou don't know what air is, and yet you breathe. You don't know what sleep is, yet you sleep. You don't know what night is, yet you lie in it. You don't know what a heart is, yet your own heart beats steadily in your chest, day and night, day and night, day and night.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins \u003ci\u003eSpring, \u003c\/i\u003e the recommencement of Knausgaard's fantastic and spellbinding literary project of assembling a personal encyclopedia of the world addressed directly to his newly born daughter. But here Knausgaard must also tell his daughter the story of what happened during the time when her mother was pregnant, and explain why he now has to attend appointments with child services. In order to keep his daughter safe, he must tell a terrible story, one which unfolds with acute psychological suspense over the course of a single day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Utterly gripping and brilliantly rendered in Knausgaard's famously sensitive, pensive, and honest style, \u003ci\u003eSpring\u003c\/i\u003e is the account of a shocking and heartbreaking familial trauma and the emotional epicenter of this singular literary series.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eOut of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize and his second, \u003ci\u003eA Time for Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, was widely acclaimed. The \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e cycle of novels has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it has appeared, and the first volume was awarded the prestigious Brage Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687199248447,"sku":"9780399563386","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6dae9c60697e2fbbe45373001b846bb1.webp?v=1764977807","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/spring-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}