A Time for Everything (2004, 2008) by Karl Ove Knausgaard, transl. by James Anderson
There has been a lot of hype about Knausgaard and his My
Struggle series lately, but A Time for Everything shows that he can
tell great stories about other things besides his family (although
this book does have scenes that will be familiar to My Struggle
readers). The book consists of his retelling of Bible stories in
order to show how the presence of angels has diminished over time.
It's a dense but beautiful read; not only are his re-tellings
fascinating, but the text is filled with picturesque landscapes
captured with Proustian detail.
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