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The Art of Edvard Munch

The Art of Edvard Munch

By Karl Ove Knausgaard

By Karl Ove Knausgaard

By Karl Ove Knausgaard

By Karl Ove Knausgaard

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    About So Much Longing in So Little Space

    A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream

    In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard sets out to understand the enduring and awesome power of Edvard Munch’s work by training his gaze on the landscapes that inspired Munch and speaking firsthand with other contemporary artists, including Anselm Kiefer, for whom Munch’s legacy looms large. Bringing together art history, biography, and memoir, Knausgaard tells a passionate, freewheeling, and pensive story about not just one of history’s most significant painters, but the very meaning of choosing the artist’s life, as he himself has done. Including reproductions of some of Munch’s most emotionally and psychologically intense works, chosen by Knausgaard, this utterly original and ardent work of criticism will delight and educate both experts and novices of literature and the visual arts alike.

    About So Much Longing in So Little Space

    A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream

    In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard sets out to understand the enduring and awesome power of Edvard Munch’s work by training his gaze on the landscapes that inspired Munch and speaking firsthand with other contemporary artists, including Anselm Kiefer, for whom Munch’s legacy looms large. Bringing together art history, biography, and memoir, Knausgaard tells a passionate, freewheeling, and pensive story about not just one of history’s most significant painters, but the very meaning of choosing the artist’s life, as he himself has done. Including reproductions of some of Munch’s most emotionally and psychologically intense works, chosen by Knausgaard, this utterly original and ardent work of criticism will delight and educate both experts and novices of literature and the visual arts alike.

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    About Karl Ove Knausgaard

    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, A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the… More about Karl Ove Knausgaard

    About Karl Ove Knausgaard

    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, A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven, was widely acclaimed. A Death in the Family, the… More about Karl Ove Knausgaard

    Product Details

    Category: Art | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 26, 2019 | 256 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780143133131

    Category: Art | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 26, 2019 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780525504900

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    Praise

    “Fans of the author’s acclaimed autobiographical novels will find this book to be of Rosetta Stone-like importance as he delves into Munch’s exploration of memory and how the artist rendered the past in a way that still feels both intimate and universally relatable . . .  An immersive, impassioned history that illuminates both subject and author.” – Kirkus, starred review

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