The End is the sixth and final volume of his epic My Struggle saga (Min Kamp in Norwegian, yes he really did call it that) and is a rather daunting 1153 pages long, to add to the 2500 plus he has already produced in the other five volumes. The series can be summarised as a semi or even mostly autobiographical telling of his life, which … Continue reading Karl Ove Knausgård – The End
This was the summer when I had to change my name and move to the other side of the country. Not too long ago, that would have been enough, the chance for a new start where no one would know who I was. But not now, when my face was all over the internet and I had been subjected to a never ending ‘trial by … Continue reading The Deep End
The last month has seen the heatwave that scorched the UK and other parts of Europe reach the southern shores of Norway, although in the much more pleasant 25-30c temperature range. This offered the perfect opportunity to do an all-day hiking trip and one that we had long been waiting to do was to visit the famous Kjerargbolten, a boulder trapped between two giant rocks … Continue reading Kjeragbolten hike-heat, hydration and hospitals!
I was expecting to receive my results from today and as many people of my age will remember it brought back memories of endlessly refreshing the UCAS website in the mid 2000s all over again. Looking at the breakdown below of the individual components I now know the one job I definitely should not apply for here in Norway is exam assessor as they were … Continue reading Norskprøve results
This is the third mid to late 20th Century American novel I have recently read alongside John Williams’ Stoner and Wallace Stegner’s Crossing to Safety, which also both have the complexities of marriage at the heart of their subject matter, but at the risk of letting proximity override objectivity I would say that it is the most affecting and interesting of the three. One of … Continue reading Revolutionary Road review
London to Norway 