Autumn Paperback by Karl Ove Knausgaard Illustrated by Vanessa Baird

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage Canada (2019-11-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 208 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780345811042
• Item Weight: 323.19 grams
• Dimensions: 7.95 x 5.04 x 0.62 cm

From the author of the monumental My Struggle series comes the first in a new autobiographical quartet based on the four seasons.

Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter, showing her what to expect of the world. He writes one short piece per day, describing the material and natural world with the precision and intensity that have become his trademark. This beautifully illustrated book isa personal encyclopedia, showingus how vast, unknowable and wondrousthe world is.

“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.” —The New York Times

About the Author

KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD's first novel, Out of the World, was the first ever debut novel to win the Norwegian Critics' Prize and his second, A Time for Everything, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, was awarded the prestigious Brage Award. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it appears. 

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.