{"product_id":"9780374534172","title":"My Struggle: Book 4","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMy Struggle: Book 4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Karl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Struggle: Book 4 \u003c\/i\u003efinds an eighteen-year-old Karl Ove Knausgaard in a tiny fishing village in northern Norway, where he has been hired as a schoolteacher and is living on his own for the first time. When the ferocious winter takes hold, Karl Ove--in the company of the Håfjord locals, a warm and earthy group who have spent their lives working, drinking, and joking together in close quarters--confronts private demons, reels from humiliations, and is elated by small victories. We are immersed, along with Karl Ove, in this world--sometimes claustrophobic, sometimes serenely beautiful--where memories and physical obsessions burn throughout the endless Arctic winter. In \u003ci\u003eBook 4\u003c\/i\u003e, Karl Ove must weigh the realities of his new life as a writer against everything he had believed it would be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Washington Post Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374534172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596082917582,"sku":"9780374534172","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_cae312d9-1a2e-4386-8c9c-c2f18f03eccf.jpg?v=1637848842","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374534172","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}