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The Seasons Encyclopedia Series

This series delves into the essence of everyday life through the eyes of a loving parent. It explores the beauty and wonder of the world around us with gentle observations. Each installment offers an intimate perspective on life, filled with lessons and affection. It is a celebration of simplicity and the profound bond between parent and child.

Summer
Spring
Winter
Autumn

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  1. 1

    Autumn

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.8(4189)Add rating

    I want to show you our world as it is now: the door, the floor, the water tap and the sink, the garden chair close to the wall beneath the kitchen window, the sun, the water, the trees. You will come to see it in your own way, you will experience things for yourself and live a life of your own, so of course it is primarily for my own sake that I am doing this: showing you the world, little one, makes my life worth living. Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece per day, describing the material and natural world with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark. This tender and deeply personal book is beautifully illustrated by Vanessa Baird, and is the first of four volumes marvelling at the vast, unknowable universe around us.

    Autumn
  2. 2

    Winter

    • 272 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
    3.7(107)Add rating

    From global literary superstar Karl Ove Knausgaard, an achingly beautiful collection of daily meditations and love letters addressed directly to Knausgaard's unborn daughterIn Winter, we rejoin the great Karl Ove Knausgaard as the birth of his daughter draws near.

    Winter
  3. 3

    Spring

    4.3(118)Add rating

    Spring is a deeply moving, lyrical memoir that reflects on family, everyday life, joys, and struggles, all set within a single day. It begins on April 13, 2016, as the author shares his experiences and thoughts, acknowledging the pain of living while emphasizing the importance of finding something to live for. In this third volume of the Seasons quartet, we follow Karl Ove and his three-month-old daughter, Anna, throughout a day filled with routine, the light of new life, and the shadows of deeper struggles. The narrative celebrates the beauty of the ordinary, revealing the significance hidden within small events in our lives. Unlike the first two volumes, which consist of short texts reflecting on nature and the material world, this installment is a narrative memoir that reads like a short novel. It is emotionally captivating and serves as an accessible entry point for new readers, while also resonating deeply with devoted fans. This edition is beautifully illustrated by acclaimed Swedish artist Anna Bjerger, enhancing the overall experience of the text.

    Spring
  4. 4

    Summer

    4.0(909)Add rating

    Returning to the short prose of Autumn and Winter, Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about summer nights to circuses, lawn sprinklers to Mixmasters. But he also writes a diary, where the small events in a family's life are recorded against a backdrop of thoughts, memories, longings and experiences of art and literature, in an intense pursuit of the meaning of moments as they pass us by.

    Summer