PEN quotes "My Struggle"
penamerican: “For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.”(via Karl Ove Knausgård: My Struggle: Book One - PEN.org)
A Quote on Writing
vintageanchor: “A piece of writing is a dangerous thing,” he said. “It can change your life.” ―Tobias Wolff (born today in 1945)
He says a lot, for a Norwegian
“If I had known what was coming, I would never have been able to do what I did, because it’s been like hell, really hell,” he said. “But I’m still very glad that I did it.” Knausgaard, in a fascinating article
My hero: Yannis Ritsos by David Harsent
“The poet’s extraordinary productivity was achieved in the face of personal tragedy, persistent ill healthy and systematic persecution” David Harsent, forThe GuardianUK, writes a moving piece on the legacy of Yannis Ritsos. Read it here.
Kitty recommends "My Struggle"
Our intern’s cat catching up on Archipelago new release MY STRUGGLE!
Book of My Mother is book of the month!
Thank you to Green Apple Books for making Albert Cohen’s BOOK OF MY MOTHER their blog’s book of the month! http://thegreenapplecore.blogspot.com/2012/06/your-mother-should-know.html
"My Struggle" on display at Third Place Books
Third Place Books’ Reading the World display featuring Karl Ove Knausgaard’s MY STRUGGLE!