Autumn: From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author (Seasons Quartet 1)

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The Sunday Times bestseller from literary phenomenon Karl Ove Knausgaard, a love letter about the world written by a father to his unborn daughter.’Inspiring, surprising… Autumn will warm and enlighten anyone who opens their eyes to it’ The TimesAutumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece each day, describing the material and natural world – from twilight to the migration of birds, from Van Gogh to forgiveness – with the precision and mesmerising intensity that have become his trademark.With artwork by Vanessa Baird’This book is full of wonders… The world feels repainted’ New York Times

Additional information

Weight 0.377 kg
Dimensions 1.8 × 13 × 20.6 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

240

Publisher

Year Published

2021-9-30

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1784703265

About The Author

Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author) Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle cycle has been heralded as a masterpiece all over the world. From A Death in the Family to The End, the novels move through childhood into adulthood and, together, form an enthralling portrait of human life. Knausgaard has been awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Brage Prize and the Jerusalem Prize. His work, which also includes the Seasons Quartet and the Morning Star series (The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity and The Third Realm) is published in thirty-five languages.Vanessa Baird (Illustrator) Vanessa Baird (1963) was born in Oslo, where she now lives and works. She has an MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and in 2015 she won the Lorck Schive Art Prize, Norway’s biggest contemporary art prize.

Review Quote

Diverse and delightful… These sharp little essays capture the wonder of things with photographic immediacy… This is an inspiring, surprising collection

Other text

Brilliantly conveys the sense you get, as a prospective parent, that the world is brand new… It’s all beautifully done.

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