{"product_id":"my-struggle-book-2-a-man-in-love-9780374534158","title":"My Struggle, Book 2: A Man in Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eBook 2\u003c\/i\u003e] sears the reader because Knausgaard is a passionate idealist  who] wants to fight the conformity and homogeneity of modern bourgeois existence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --James Wood, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second installment of Karl Ove Knausgaard's monumental six-volume masterpiece, the character Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, where, having left his wife, he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Struggle: Book 2 \u003c\/i\u003eis at heart a love story--the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his second wife. But the novel also tells other stories: of becoming a father, of the turbulence of family life, of outrageously unsuccessful attempts at a family vacation, of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children, and of the daily frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of city life keeping him from (and filling) his novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a brilliant work that emphatically delivers on the unlikely promise that many hundreds of pages later readers will be left breathlessly demanding more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.48w x 1.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Best Translated Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/2014 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/29\/2015 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karl Ove Knausgaard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636666101916,"sku":"9780374534158","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_50586a3e-a8fd-4776-aba7-e2a1ffe00202.jpg?v=1603842583","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/my-struggle-book-2-a-man-in-love-9780374534158","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}