Give me your best recommendations.
read his other books
>>25612451Why don't you just watch reality tv?
>>25612472Which ones, specifically?
>>25612507No.
>>25612451I'm glad to hear it's great. I've got it but haven't got around to it yet. All the other morning star books are really good.
>>25612451>endless yapping about his life for 8 fucking volumesIs this really the best Norway has to offer?
>>25612451I really like that cover. I would stare at it if I had it on my shelf.
>>25612451have you read the others in the series? It's a /tv/ recommendation but The Leftovers reminds me a lot of the Morning Star series so far.For School of Night, obviously Doctor Faustus and Faust. For a books about dickhead conceited artists, you want to look for Künstlerromans. My Struggle 5 is kind of a künstlerroman, I guess.
>>25612764>All the other morning star books are really good.I jumped into "The School of Night," which is the third in the series, because I read that the book is Knarsgaard's most "accessible" book. After this I am interested in reading the other Morning Star books. Should I go back and read in numerical order?
>>25612837>For a books about dickhead conceited artists, you want to look for KünstlerromansThanks. I'm more interested in this theme. Other books I enjoyed were John Boyne's "A Ladder to the Sky" and R.F. Kuang's "Yellowface."
>>25612555my struggle or something he is
>>25613996Yes you absolutely should. Read The Mor ning Star, The Wolves of Eternity, and the The Third Realm. They are all amazing. I enjoyed all three, and each of them have interesting musings on death, the afterlife, and humanity. Don't expect resolution to the over arching mystery
>>25613998I have no idea how I forgot but The Savage Detectives is a good novel about dickhead young adult artists. The last part of 2666 is, to me, the best künstlerroman ever written, but Archimboldi isn't a dickhead
>>25614022What is "Something He Is"?
>>25614611Thanks, anon. I'll add them to my list.
>>25615270I had these books on my list, but I'll move them up now, thanks to your suggestions.
>>25612451I totally feel you here. This was my intro to knausgaard. Since then I’ve read the rest of Morningstar (1-4) and the first MK volume.I was itching for other books like this one. The Magus is very close. Also The Shards. The Secret History to an extent. I just love good first person narration from an asshole. Not first person, but Disgrace by Coetzee is very good as well.
>>25612560You're basically doing it already just with extra steps.
>>25612451Knausgaard is my favourite living author. I feel like he's done such a good job at fictional autobiography that the genre is impossible to break into.>>256127846 volumes you silly goose
>>25617973That's great you enjoy reading him. Can you answer the question posed in the OP?
>>25618066not really. I Hear rachel cusk work "Outline" is similar to my struggle but I haven't read that.I don't think there is really anything out there very similar to Knausgaard. Maybe Septology by Jon Fosse I guess
>>25612451I thought his prose was pretty mediocre, admittedly I haven't gone too far into any title but I just thought he was mediocre. I read the German translations, Norwegian into German seems like a better fit to be fair than into English, so I don't think the English versions would have better prose.Did you guys like the English translations?
>>25612798Can't imagine having any books turned to face me on my bookshelf. Don't look at me, books, don't you fucking looking at me
>>25618082please don't kill my interest in Septology like that, for fuck's sake
>>25618082>I don't think there is really anything out there very similar to Knausgaard.The OP asked about "The School of Night," specifically.
