Day 254, Sept 12, Tues - p65 “For the next few hours…” to p75 “…absorbed the moisture and be like new again.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
Karl Ove's initial take on Ragnar Hovland and Jon Fosse: "They appeared nervous in the sense that they both radiated a feeling that they would rather not be right here, right now. But in diametrically opposed ways." #knausgaardtogether
Day 253, Sept 11, Mon - p55 “When a couple of hours later…” to p65 “The heart never ever errs.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
Day 252, Sept 10, Sun - p48 “Cafe Opera during the day…” to p55 “…recall it after waking.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
so, this is where it all begins. tomorrow is the first day of Writing Academy #knausgaardtogether
he doesn't get enough credit for his distinct voices. the freed 19 year old dropping by yngve's hotel job out of boredom and the 30-year old dad, frustrated by chores. #knausgaardtogether
mountains/forests v. faces. "now it was the faces that counted." I'm a faces person too. #knausgaardtogether
"[Ingvild's glimpses of herself which I recognized in myself]...another person reaching the point where I was." he's constantly assessing people's introspectiveness, which itself is not to be admired. #knausgaardtogether
he's lived in so many different apartments and cities by the time he's 19. #knausgaardtogether
"...then I sat down on the sofa, strangely restless. It was as though the tempo inside me was greater than that outside." #knausgaardtogether
"...then I sat down on the sofa, strangely restless. It was as though the tempo inside me wass greater than that outside." #knausgaardtogether
Day 251, Sept 9, Sat - p36 “My impatience grew…” to p48 “Let’s hope so,” I said.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
what makes him so readable is his observation of social rules,scanning an empty bar or having the benefit of his brother introducing him,how life is really lived moment-to-moment, which we shouldn't discount as non-serious. you can't just plot all the time. #knausgaardtogether
Day 250, Sept 8, Fri - SHORTISH DAY p30 “The following morning…” to p36 “I nodded.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
Day 249, Sept 7, Thurs - p22 “One of the first questions Yngve…” to p30 “”Some mix-up with the order.” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
for those reading in english, a lilo is an inflatable mattress. Etymology: From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the name "LI-LO" #knausgaardtogether
Day 248, Sept 6, Wed - SHORT DAY p20 “We sat in her flat…” to p22 “…bedsits around me?” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether
Rereading Ingvild’s letter until it is memorized. It is her as he remembers her “but it was also her of the future.” And when Karl Ove reads her, he becomes different. Can’t think of a better description of why letter writing/fiction is essential to humanity. #knausgaardtogether
Day 247, Sept 5, Tues - p10 ”A few hours later…” to p20 “”Shall we have a sweet as well?” WHITE SPACE #knausgaardtogether