So Much Longing in So Little Space
The Art of Edvard Munch
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…
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March 26, 2019Karl 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 for Everything, was longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The My Struggle cycle of novels has been heralded as a masterpiece wherever it has appeared. His work is published in thirty-five languages. Knausgaard’s newest novel, The School of Night, will be published by Penguin Press in January 2026.
The School of Night
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Third Realm
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Wolves of Eternity
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The Morning Star
Karl Ove Knausgaard
In the Land of the Cyclops
Karl Ove Knausgaard Translated by Martin Aitken
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard Illustrated by Vanessa Baird
Winter
Karl Ove Knausgaard Illustrated by Lars Lerin
Spring
Karl Ove Knausgaard Illustrated by Anna Bjerger
Summer
Karl Ove Knausgaard Illustrated by Anselm Kiefer
Edvard Munch
Giulia Bartrum
The End
Karl Ove Knausgaard; translated by Don Bartlett
So Much Longing in So Little Space
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Fatherhood
Karl Ove Knausgaard