Knausgård nrk

[@Books-and-coffee0]

Norwegian is a mysteriously outstanding language.

[@wollaminfaetter]

Reading Knausgård "Min Kamp" was almost shocking to me. I felt "seen", understood and embraced in a way i had never felt before. Somebody had said to me, that "Knausgård is Proust for dumb people". That turned me on! And i'm proud to be dumb!

[@larsheihei3683]

My struggle was at the time controversial in Norway because of the "outing" of family members, and because of Knausgård's "self obsession" which was unconventional at the time. He was also regarded immoral for writing about his cheating and what not. And I wonder if the books would have gained such popularity without it. But for me, this is probably both the most beautiful and haunting litterary work I've ever read. Its the most important work for me. I love Knausgård. Other have said it much better than me in this chat, but I just wanted to comment also.

[@activeone]

Interesting take. Do you think Knausgaard's work wouldn't have been as popular if it weren't for the scandalous elements? Do you think, apart from that, there is any literary merit in what he has written i.e. the prose, the form, etc?

[@larsheihei3683]

@@activeone Thanks for your reply. Sorry about my English, but anyway: In my view, the books are great, from its content alone, including their controversial elements. I couldn't tell how much the Norwegian press' moralising news articles really had to do with his success. I'd like to think not too much. As for the literary merits, I'm no expert :) Some claim there isn't any form at all. But I'd say parts of the books are wonderfully written. Technically as good as any great artist. And I consider myself lucky being able to read in my native language ;) It's worth noticing he was also a genius declared literature student. He knows everything there is to know about all the great works ever written, and has read them too, since six years old. This makes a red line through "my struggle", amongst other topics also being a great work on literature :) So I don't think many people in the world knows more about literary technique and "form" than Knausgård. Still, he had a hard time finding his own form, or indeed any form at all, for so many years. But I guess he eventually did. He discusses all this in the books.

[@idunvarvin]

I have tried to transcribe and translate this as good as I can, but I'm not a professional. If anyone has a better suggestion, you're welcome to make corrections. English translation ....which makes me unable to feel any joy about these books, no matter what happens. No matter how much success I get, there will always be like....some kind of affirmation, that this is immoral, that I should never have done that, and that I did something wrong.....eeeh, sniff ...But it was like...eeehmm...I wanted to tell that story...and I did that, I thought...I cried like a waterfall when I wrote it, I wrote very fast, it was like the last....the last part of the story. And I thought no, no, no, I can't....like, I went too far...I was totally destroyed emotionally. ...And then I sent it to my editor, and then you see...ehhm...theres nothing in it, and so everything was within me, isn't that true, the text was...none....none of it existed in the text, it was just like tshooh, like a description, so then I had to make another round to try and raise the emotional level in the text, isn't that true, one more time same kind of hell, and the same happened again...no! had to go further and further, so it could....so it could be true in a way, isn't that true...ahhm....hmh (cries) yes-yes....what makes this project difficult....sniff...ahhh...sniff....(swallows)...ahh....yes, it's definetly a very high pressure, isn't that true....ehhhjahh....eeh...sniff...at all this....sniff....and there's something about it, like it's all true.... isn't that true....and it's a real life, it's not.....sniff...yes.... På Norsk (in Norwegian) …..Det gjør at jeg ikkje føler noen glede over disse bøkene, uansett hva som hender. Uansett hvor mye medgang jeg får, så ligger det alltid der som…ehh….et slags feste da, at dette er umoralsk, at ikkje jeg skulle ha gjort det, og at jeg har gjort noe galt da….ehhh, snufs, snufs…mmnaehhh… …Men det var jo sånn at….ehhm….jeg ville fortelle den historien….og jeg gjorde det, trodde jeg….jeg grein jo så det spruta når jeg skreiv det, skreiv veldig fort, det var som siste…siste delen av historien. Og trodde nei, nei, nei, det kan jeg…gått for langt liksom, jeg var heilt ødelagt emosjonelt da. Ehhm…og så sendte jeg det til redaktøren min, også sjønner du at, ehm, det står jo ingenting der, altså alt var inne i meg, ikkje sant, teksten var…ingen…ingenting av den fantes i teksten, det var liksom bare sånn tsjuh, kalt beskrivelse da….så da måtte jeg gjøre ei ny runde med å prøve å få opp det emosjonelle nivået i teksten, ikkje sant, ein gang til samme helvete, og det samme skjedde igjen…nej, måtte gå lengre og lengre da, for at…eh…for at det skulle bli sant på en måte, ikkje sant… øhm...hmh…… (gråter) Jaha….det som er vanskelig med dette prosjektet…..snufs….ahhh….snufs… (svelger)...ahhh….ja det er i hvertfall som det er et veldig høyt press, ikkje sant….ehjahhh….eh….snufs……på alt det her….snufs….også er det noe med at det er sant liksom…ikkje sant….og det er et ordentlig liv, det er ikkje….snufs…jah...

[@Books-and-coffee0]

Thanks for the translation! It's obvious that the man fights some bad inner demons... That makes me respect him even more!

[@r.s.9861]

Thanks!

[@aysegulkara1752]

Is that Linda on the back of him?

[@r.s.9861]

God, how much repressed pain this man must have...

Kan du sende et link til hele dokumentaren. Eller titlen?

[@NelLeo99]

I've been trying to find this full documentary for years. :(

I want this as well

[@stefany4542]

Is it from the BBC?

[@Vingul]

​@@stefany4542 no, it's from NRK (Norsk Rikskringkasting), the Norwegian state TV channel.

[@derdedo1218]

What is he talking about?

[@tworamona]

My question too!

[@tworamona]

I asked my Swedish friend and apparently Knausgård is crying about the memory of the emotional distress he experienced when writing the final part of My Struggle, and any regrets he might have about the result - was it true? Did he go too far?

[@AndyTutify]

As a Norwegian, I can confirm that's correct

[@johanneshellstrand]

@@tworamona Almost. He is saying that it was hard to go that far as an author, but he is crying because he must admit that the story he told was true. That its sad that his father made his life a living hell.