My struggle, the island of the dawn

Author's name: Karl Ove Knausgård Publisher: Dar Al Tanweer for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2021 Literary classification: Novel Book overview: My struggle novel heralded the arrival of a literary masterpiece to the world.. Starting from its first part: "Death in the Family" to its last parts.. the novels gradually narrate life from childhood to maturity forming an enchanting portrait of human life. With his blunt and direct style in writing the first and second parts of My Struggle, Knausgård describes the first stage of his life, a period when victories and defeats are sharply impactful where all attempts to define the self fail.. This is a novel about family and memories and about how we never become what we aspire to be. Knausgård received the Norwegian Critics Award in literature and other prestigious literary awards, and his works have been translated into more than thirty-five languages around the world.