A MAN IN LOVE: MY STRUGGLE: BOOK TWO - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Magnificently Signed, Placed, And Dated (Shortly Before Publication) by Karl Ove Knausgaard - VINTAGE, FULL SIGNATURE

Knausgaard, Karl Ove (Translated by Don Bartlett)

ISBN 10: 1846554691 / ISBN 13: 9781846554698

Published by London, England: Harvill Secker, 2013, 2013

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 525 pages. Published in 2013. The second volume of the author's "My Struggle" six-volume novel. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. The translation is published in the United Kingdom as "A Man In Love", and also as part of the British "My Struggle" six-volume cycle. It's the other way around in the United States, where "My Struggle" takes precedence over the individual volumes. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. The production values of the British Edition are superior in every respect to its American counterpart. Presents Karl Ove Knausgaard's "Min Kamp" Volume Two in a felicitous English translation. This man in love. What is the significance of Karl Ove Knausgaard's "My Struggle"? It is the most full-fledged break from the mannerism, academicism, post-modernism, and all the other pretentious and tired isms of our time. It confirms the arrival of a major and original voice in world literature, writing in deceptively simple yet eloquent prose, without crutches. It rejects our obsession with "celebrity lives", by focussing on the tiniest details of one man's ordinary life as well as deeply painful struggle. An absolute "must-have" title for Karl Ove Knausgaard collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly before publication) in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Vancouver 21/10/12 Karl Ove Knausgaard". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great book. This is one of very few such signed, placed, and pre-publication dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. It is the single most beautiful signed copy we have ever seen. After all, "A Man In Love" is the rarest - and for many, arguably the best - title of the Series. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws or are in multiple subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1846554691.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A MAN IN LOVE: MY STRUGGLE: BOOK TWO - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Magnificently Signed, Placed, And Dated (Shortly Before Publication) by Karl Ove Knausgaard - VINTAGE, FULL SIGNATURE
• Publisher: London, England: Harvill Secker, 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846554691
• ISBN 13: 9781846554698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

An electrifying honest and autobiographical love story from the international sensation and bestseller, Karl Ove Knausgaard.
     
Karl Ove Knausgaard leaves his wife and everything he knows in Oslo for a fresh start in Stockholm. There he strikes up a deep and competitive friendship with Geir and pursues Linda, a beautiful poet who captivated him years ago.

A Man in Love, the second book of six in the My Struggle cycle, sees Knausgaard write of tempestuous relationships, the trials of parenthood and an urge to create great art. His singular insight and exhilirating honesty must be read to be believed.

Another international sensation from the publishers of HHhH, 1Q84 and Coetzee's Summertime.

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 novel, A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the first of the My Struggle cycle of novels, received the prestigious Brage Award. The My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it appears. The six novels of the My Struggle cycle can be read independently or as one hugely ambitious project. This breathtaking cycle has been the greatest literary sensation in Norway in decades. The books have spurred a heated literary debate about the use of autobiographical elements in fiction, and about literary criticism in general. In addition to amazing reviews and several awards and nominations, this fascinating literary experiment has generated an enormous interest among journalists, critics and readers, resulting in hundreds of articles, commentaries, essays, blog posts and discussions.