It feels timely for Norwegian historian and biographer Ivo de Figueiredo’s postcolonial family chronicle to be published in English on the eve of Brexit. A Stranger at My Table is de Figueiredo’s autobiographical account of a family history that spans two centuries and four continents, and the result is an ambitious amalgam; an exploration of … Continue reading Fathers and sons
Karl Ove Knausgård’s brilliant introduction to the non-canonical Munch
With a new exhibition on at the British Museum entitled ‘Edvard Munch: Love and Angst’, the English publication of Karl Ove Knausgård’s book So Much Longing In So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch is timely. The book was written when Knausgård was co-curating the exhibition ‘Mot Skogen’ (‘To the forest’) at the Munch … Continue reading Karl Ove Knausgård’s brilliant introduction to the non-canonical Munch
A luminous novel-cum-memoir
In a 2014 interview with Vogue, the Norwegian writer and journalist Linn Ullmann was asked what she was currently working on. “I am writing a memoir”, she replied, “or at least I thought it was a memoir. But since my memory is both very vivid and not entirely reliable, it could just as well be … Continue reading A luminous novel-cum-memoir
