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Writers

Karl Ove Knausgaard

What Makes Life Worth Living?

Apples, plastic bags, teeth. The author’s letter to his unborn child.

Karl Ove Knausgaard The Guardian Aug 2017 Permalink

Science Travel

The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery

A visit to Albania to watch Henry Marsh perform his pioneering surgery where the patient is kept awake during the removal of a tumor and the “brain is stimulated with an electric probe, so that the surgeon can see if and how the patient reacts.”

Karl Ove Knausgaard New York Times Magazine Dec 2015 45min Permalink

Travel

My Saga

  1. Part One

    A Norwegian writer with an eye for detail visits Newfoundland.

  2. Part Two

    A Norwegian writer with an eye for detail visits Minnesota.

Karl Ove Knausgaard New York Times Magazine Mar 2015 1h20min Permalink

The Other Side of the Face

Thoughts on necks.

Karl Ove Knausgaard The Paris Review May 2014 25min Permalink