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You know how a camera can zoom in on a small object or a faraway object and you can see everything about the object? That’s what Karl Ove Knausgaard does. He chooses objects—-randomly, it seems—-and closes in on them—-wasps, chewing gum, the sun, porpoises—-and just looks at them. And looks. And looks. And you suddenly see the object and it seems like something you have just seen for the first time.
Now I can’t wait to read Winter.
Now I can’t wait to read Winter.
This was sort of a Knausgard Dictionary, defining everyday things through his authorial eye. It gives a glimpse into why his writing is so compelling.
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