[It is] fascinating, insightful... Engrossing.

- Nick Rennison, Sunday Times

<i>Home and Away </i>is deeply intelligent, enjoyable and sometimes funny.

- Simon Kuper, Financial Times, Book of the Year

An entirely engrossing exchange of ideas, affection and memory… [A] genuinely engaging two-hander of real affection and insight.

- Barney Ronay, Literary Review

Se alle

Knausgaard is a writer with an astonishing ability to elevate the prosaic… As a reading experience, <i>Home and Away </i>is diverting, indulgent and stealthily enjoyable. Just as it probably was to write.

Esquire, Book of the Year

At its core, <i>Home and Away</i> is a story about two men doing what they can to keep a friendship afloat, even from continents away.

New Yorker

Karl Ove Knausgaard and fellow writer Fredrik Ekelund kick around thoughts and ideas on football, life, art and politics.Karl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children and a dog. He is watching football on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes, coffee and Argentina.Fredrik Ekelund is away in Brazil, where he plays football on the beach and watches matches with friends. Fredrik loves games that end up 4-3 and teams that play beautiful football. He likes caipirinhas and Brazil.In Home and Away, two writers use football and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to reflect on life and death, art and politics, class and literature and the most important question: was this the best football championship ever?
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He likes caipirinhas and Brazil.In Home and Away, two writers use football and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil to reflect on life and death, art and politics, class and literature and the most important question: was this the best football championship ever?
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[It is] fascinating, insightful... Engrossing.
Karl Ove Knausgaard and fellow writer Fredrik Ekelund kick around thoughts and ideas on football, life, art and politics

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781784702359
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
301 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Om bidragsyterne

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.

Fredrik Ekelund (Author)
Fredrik Ekelund is a Swedish novelist, playwright and translator. He won the Fackföreningsrörelsens Ivar Lo Prize in 2009 for his novel M/S Tiden, hailed as ‘the year’s best Swedish novel’ by Svenska Dagbladet. He has played as a striker in the Swedish authors’ national football team.