Interview - Karl Ove Knausgaard (2014)
In this Interview, filmed at Edinburgh International Book Festival in August 2014, Norwegian literary sensation Karl Ove Knausgaard chats briefly about being a writer, doing author events and about Boyhood Island, the third book in his epic and much-discussed six-volume novel cycle, My Struggle.
If you enjoy this you can also watch the full hour-long event with Karl Ove Knausgaard here on our website.
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