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I finished this book standing in line at the market, thankful for the woman three customers ahead of me who was making a complicated beer purchase that gave me time to read. And of course standing in line in a stinky discount food market reminded me of a whole phase of my stinky childhood, and the woman reminded me of a close relative who passed her love affair with alcohol down the family line. But unlike Knausgaard, I’m not going to go there right now.
When the narrator is sitting in the kitch ...more
If there's a writer who can faithfully put on the page emotions and situations that just about any reader can identify with, it's got to be this guy. This book is full of observations—some chuckle-worthy, some cringe-inducing—that had me swimming back through time, remembering similar pieces from my life.
Reading this book is like me and Knausgaard as children, sitting in the back seat of a sedan, with our hands out the window, imagining a sword extending from the tips our fingers, cutting down ...more
Reading this book is like me and Knausgaard as children, sitting in the back seat of a sedan, with our hands out the window, imagining a sword extending from the tips our fingers, cutting down ...more
Interesting concept but I was just too frustrated with how little he seemed to consider any woman a person.
DNF.
Jul 13, 2014
Kai Coates
marked it as to-read
Jul 16, 2014
Susan
marked it as to-read
Jan 17, 2015
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Mar 31, 2015
Karen Michele Burns
marked it as to-read
