Karl Ove Knausgaard in conversation with Nicole Krauss at Brooklyn’s own Community Bookstore!

Karl Ove Knausgaard was born in Norway in 1968. His debut novel Out of This World won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2004 and his A Time for Everything (Archipelago) was a finalist for the Nordic Council Prize. For My Struggle, Knausgaard received the Brage Award in 2009 (for Book One), the 2010 Book of the Year Prize in Morgenbladet, and the P2 Listeners’ Prize. It is also a finalist for The Believer Fiction Prize. My Struggle has been translated into more than fifteen languages and was listed among the 2013 Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and three children.

Nicole Krauss has been hailed by the New York Times as “one of America’s most important novelists.” She is the author of the international bestsellers, Great House, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Best known for her novels Man Walks into a Room, The History of Love, and Great House, Krauss’ fiction has been published inThe New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, and the 2003 edition of Best American Short Stories. Her novels have been translated into 35 languages.