Marianne Molenaar Book order (chronological)

An irresistible story of childhood adventure from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard. * Karl Ove Knausgaard's dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now * Childhood is exhilarating and terrifying. For the young Karl Ove, new houses, classes and friends are met with manic excitement and creeping dread. Adults occupy godlike positions of power, benevolent in the case of his doting mother, tyrannical in the case of his cruel father. In the now infamously direct style of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard describes a time in which victories and defeats are felt keenly and every attempt at self-definition is frustrated. This is a book about family, memory and how we never become quite what we set out to be. 'Knausgaard finds the sublime in the everyday... Boyhood Island reverberates with the joys and anxieties of early youth, and Knausgaard brilliantly recreates their exaggerated feel' Times Literary Supplement

The International bestseller As the youngest student to be admitted to Bergen's prestigious Writing Academy, Karl Ove arrives full of excitement and writerly aspirations. Soon though, he is stripped of his youthful illusions. His writing is revealed to be puerile and clich�d, and his social efforts are a dismal failure. He drowns his shame in drink and rock music. Then, little by little, things begin to change. He falls in love, gives up writing and the beginnings of an adult life take shape. That is, until his self-destructive binges and the irresistible lure of the writer's struggle pull him back. In this latest instalment of the My Struggle cycle, Knausgaard writes with unflinching honesty to deliver the full drama of everyday life.

Karl Ove Knausgaard leaves his wife and everything he knows in Oslo for a fresh start in Stockholm. There he strikes up a deep and competitive friendship with Geir and pursues Linda, a beautiful poet who captivated him years ago.

Der letzte Band der Kult-Trilogie nun endlich im Taschenbuch! Familienkonstellationen haben es in sich. Die junge Torunn kann ein Lied davon singen. Ihren leiblichen Vater, Schweinezüchter aus Leidenschaft und Sturkopf sondergleichen, lernt sie erst am Sterbebett ihrer Großmutter kennen. Ebenso ihre grundverschiedenen Onkel Margido und Erlend, der eine Bestattungsunternehmer, der andere Schaufensterdekorateur und schwul. Und als ob das nicht schon genug Veränderung in ihrem Leben ist, soll sie nun auch noch den heruntergekommenen Familienhof übernehmen …

Mysteries is a classic of European literature, one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century. It is the story of Johan Nagel, a strange young man who arrives to spend a summer in a small Norwegian coastal town. His presence acts as a catalyst for the hidden impulses, concealed thoughts and darker instincts of the local people. Cursed with the ability to understand the human soul, especially his own, Nagel can foresee, but cannot prevent, his own self-destruction.

Just before Christmas on a farm in Central Norway, eighty-year-old Anna Neshov, matriarch of a troubled family, is taken gravely ill. Her three sons are now they are forced to reunite for the first time in many years.

De 34-jarige eeuwige student en mislukte schrijver Singer geeft zijn betekenisloze bestaan in Oslo op en begint een nieuw leven als bibliothecaris in Notodden. Hij wil onzichtbaar zijn, voor zichzelf, voor zijn dromen en voor zijn medemens, en een anoniem leven leiden. En hierin lijkt Singer te slagen met een vaste baan, een vrouw en een stiefdochter. Toch voelt hij zich niet gelukkig. Singer neemt het besluit om te scheiden, een beslissing met onverwachte gevolgen....

Amore racconta la storia di Vibeke e Jon che sono madre e figlio, appena arrivati in un paesino dell’estremo nord. È il giorno prima del compleanno di Jon e un luna park è arrivato in città, Jon esce per vendere i biglietti della lotteria e Vibeke va in biblioteca. Da lì seguiamo i due attraversare una serata e una notte di gelido inverno, mentre una crescente irrequietudine si fa strada. Amore dimostra come attraverso il linguaggio ognuno di noi costruisce la propria verità, e come madre e figlio possano vivere ciascuno nel proprio mondo. C’è distanza, non solo tra le persone, ma anche tra ogni persona e sé stessa.