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I find it shocking that more people haven't commented on the title. I have searched through articles, and while they mention the obvious connection to Hitler, none of them ask about it in detail. WHY would he call it that, and what point is he trying to make? I can't bring myself to read the book, brilliant though it may be, because the title is too horrifying for me to move past.
Therese It seemed to me just from reading the first volume, that perhaps he meant to reclaim the title from Hitler - to take it back to the realm of ordinary …moreIt seemed to me just from reading the first volume, that perhaps he meant to reclaim the title from Hitler - to take it back to the realm of ordinary language? At the same time, I get the sense he has a kind of attraction to the potential for controversy ... he writes about how he chose a photograph for the cover of an earlier novel by a photographer who was controversial for his suspected associations with child pornography, because it was the perfect image for the book - he knew about the potential for an upsetting association, but stuck by his choice. I wonder if he didn't choose the title of this work in a similar spirit ... a kind of outsized self-confidence in his own moral outlook being able to shine through and undermine the past evil?(less)
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My Struggle, Book 1
by Karl Ove Knausgård
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