Karl Ove Knausgård · 2013
A multi-volume autobiographical novel that explores the mundane details and internal life of the author.
Scott Sumner finds the work mesmerizing and notes that it opens up a whole world.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And I found it kind of mesmerizing in a similar way to My Struggle by Nausgaard, in that sometimes you finish a novel and it's, you know, okay, on to the next one.”
Why: Mesmerizing and opens up a whole world.
Scott Sumner, Guest on Conversations with TylerScott Sumner on Monetary Rules, Blooming Late, and the Death of Cinema
Named without an opinion attached.
“Carl Knausgaard, My Struggle, book two, A Man in Love. You know, I called Knausgaard early, even the earlier book about the angels. I basically said, this guy's going to be great.”
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