Karl Ove Knausgaard Brings His Struggle to Brooklyn
by John Williams for Artsbeat: The New York Times blog
About 30 minutes before the start of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s event at the relatively small and narrow Community Bookstore in Park Slope on Wednesday, people packed the entire space in a scene more reminiscent of the calm before an indie-rock storm than an author appearance. Ezra Goldstein, an owner of the store, approached a microphone. “Don’t get excited,” he said. “This is just a sound check.”