Karl Ove Knausgaard at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

[@TessPoem]

So glad that Karl Ove is in the world writing.

[@BryanSalyersXD]

The best interview of Karl Ove that I've seen. The questions were all well thought out.

[@A.S.Harfenklang]

Great interviewer and great guest, many topics which are not only interesting to readers, but also to writers. Thank you very much!!! :-)

[@lifewillseeyounow6550]

I’m a huge Knausgaard fan. I’ve read everything and it’s become borderline obsessive. From reading the books I’ve managed to find most of the places he lived/visited on Google maps, and I’ve watched every interview with him. This is hands down the best interview there is, and the reason is, is that he actually is having a good time here. Just watch how he shakes the interviewers hand at the end. He would normally be so embarrassed to show such enthusiasm, but in this instance he seems to have the unbridled joy of a child. I reckon he skipped down the road to meet some mates and had a few pints after this.

[@benjammin6692]

Question at 47:00, fascinating discussion of the novel & form.

[@shivainvalidos6873]

If you only have time to read 1000 pages of his writing, pick up his two first books of My Struggle, "A death in the family" & "A man in love".

[@felixwegner4713]

the story of the father is a story of guilt, however I think this man becomes still worthy of compassion when we realize how flawed and cruel we can be ourself and how limited control over our actions can be in certain moods. Everyone is culprit and victim at the same time...

[@A.S.Harfenklang]

You are probably right, as the father doesn`t seem to be conscious about what he is doing to his children. How much free will do you have to be more conscious, more empathetic? In some cases I feel I have an answer to that, I feel: this is really bad. But I am not sure. God knows.

[@jazwim]

Interesting what he says at 17:30 etc.about the freedom of writing. Reminds me of Niko Stoifberg's definition of art: "Art is a way of saying the things you wouldn't dare to say otherwise." (Das Blaue Büchlein, 2012)

[@alexrunggeary6038]

He is sincere

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Good stuf

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

Bruce Bachand Really compelling interview. I'm gonna have to start on this set of books.

[@estebanmejia3473]

17:26 27:07 57:20

[@SomethingToThinkAboutwithWJ]

He's a great writer, but these interviews are embarrassingly awkward and procrustean---the interviewer's questions are lobbed softballs for the author to crush out of the park. Why do I always get the feeling that he's seducing people into buying more and more books...?

[@matureyoungman]

karl is pretty zippy here. unusually so. must have been a Mexican snowstorm beforehand.

[@bobsbigboy_]

his forehead is a fidget spinner

[@SanaZub]

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