Karl Ove Knausgaard
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Karl Ove Knausgårdis a Norwegian author, known for six autobiographical novels, titled My Struggle...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth6 December 1968
CountryNorway
captured idiotic
It's one thing to be banal, stupid, and idiotic on the inside. It's another to have it captured in writing.
forms life
Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
artificial break death form knows life obligation seen though
Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.