Spring

The series of books written by Knausgaard to his daughter is also a love letter to his readers. There were passages in the book that filled my eyes with tears for the sheer beauty that the writer understands what it is to be fully human. Anyone who reads Karl Ove Knausgaard 's books will find themselves immersed in existentialism & at the same time a feeling of interconnectedness to the world at large. His genius lies in the beauty of his prose which are at once mired in the everyday banalities of life but somehow magically reach beyond the mundane & shimmer on the page. This author is a true gift to the literary arts and blows every writer I've ever read out of the water. I own ALL of his series and recommend them to any reader who is interested in the transformative power of great literature.

Unlike Knausgaard's other books in the season series, this is not a collection of short musing ranging from q tips to apples, most of the book is a recounting of one day in Knausgaard's new child's life. It is a quick read but epic and dense in its understanding of psychology, society, and above all else, family. It is a justification of life while completely acknowledging the dark, all written to Knausgaard's new child. A beautiful and profound read that anyone would be honored to have, had their father written it to them. "Life clatters within the living, with all their mentalities and psychologies, and when they die and the clatter within them subsides, it continues in their children, and one comes to understand that the clatter was the main thing, the clatter was the point, the clatter was life."

This memoir is beautifully written, and contains so many beautiful passages, I had to read it with a pencil in hand. However, the details at times overwhelm the narrative, and not all of them have any "inner, hidden, deeper meaning," though most of them do.

I am a Knausgaard fan and have read all his work. This is perhaps his best. It is quietly beautiful, deep, and heartbreaking. For those new to Knausgaard, start with this book! The insights and observations he makes about parenthood, his relationship to his wife, and life in general will stay with you. I will be re-reading this again as there is so much in this slim book to consider.

Karl Ove is father and mother and breadwinner! He revels in the mundane and is able to look into the mirror and give his readers an unprecedented level of introspection with such minute detail yet make it all very interesting. For his children's sake, I wish that he would stop smoking.

The author’s voice -like a whisper in the ear - lures the reader into a world where the familiar and prosaic take on magical qualities. To share this author’s vision is to suddenly be made aware of new layers of one’s own experience of life. Truly a remarkable book; it makes me want to read more of his work.

I like Karl Ove's writings: it's spare yet filled with lovely details. He cut the adjectives right down to the bone. Thus, you get a fascinating slice of his life with his children and from sprinklers to the rain, it feels like your own story. Except. Except....don't tell this man any of your secrets. Despite the lovely family moments, he exposes a heartbreaking secret that is painful to read, much less live. As someone else did. Someone who he feels free to expose and write about despite their privacy and the regretful nature of the secret. I was shocked and betrayed, much as I imagine his subject felt. If he'd stuck to daily life as a small family and just alluded to the problem, I could have lived with that and enjoyed it. But too much lies on who he is (a careful driver, attentive parent, dish-washer extraordinaire, parent who has all the fun stuff for the kids) and who the other character is, the one of whom the secret lies. She remains, by the absence of detail and defense, an ugly tool used to make him look flawless and her nothing but flawed. I'm trying not to give spoilers, but I'm sickened by the situation. I've read all his books, I know his freedom with telling the stories of others. But this time I think he went too far. He grants that the book is a memoir for his daughter, but I can't imagine her pain at what she reads. It's a calculated ploy to say, for him, "Look how good I was for you, unlike...."

Another great work of Knausgaard, but especially worth mentioning is the customer service - my first order arrived in unsatisfactory conditions, and the seller was prompt in handling the return request. I sent back the book and a new one arrived within a week or so, this time in perfect condition. Thank you!

Loved Spring. Such an endearing and intimate novel of family life from the perspective of a loving, honest, and insightful father. The meandering flow adds to the novel's authenticity. The book present moments and ideas in an organic and lived-in manner. A common diary if the common diary was brimming with wisdom and beauty. This may be my favourite of the four novels; a hopeful perspective on overcoming depression and life's struggles.

The best of the three seasons so far "given" to us. I loved his way of addressing his own talents and foibles.