{"product_id":"against-art-the-notebooks","title":"Against Art: (The Notebooks)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAgainst Art: (The Notebooks)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTomas Espedal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780857425775\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSeagull Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contemporary Norwegian fiction Tomas Espedal's work stands out as uniquely personal; it can be difficult to separate the fiction from Espedal's own experiences. In that vein, his novel \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e is not just the story of a boy growing up to be a writer, but it is also the story of writing. Specifically, it is about the profession of writing--the routines, responsibility, and obstacles. Yet, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Art \u003c\/i\u003eis also about being a father, a son, and a grandson; about a family and a family's tales, and about how preceding generations mark their successors. It is at once about choices and changes, about motion and rest, about moving to a new place, and about living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for the Norwegian Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\"One of the most beautiful, most important books I've read for years.\"--\u003ci\u003eKlassekampen\u003c\/i\u003e \"Espedal has written an amazingly rich novel, which will assuredly stand out as one of the year's best and will also further fortify the quality of Norwegian literature abroad.\"--\u003ci\u003e Adresseavisen\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e attacks literature while at the same time being intensely literary. Our greatest sorrows and torments, the individual experiences often so anemic in art, find a voice of their own.\"--\u003ci\u003eMorgenbladet\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAgainst Art\u003c\/i\u003e moves me with its maternal history and proves yet again that Tomas Espedal writes great novels.\"--\u003ci\u003eDag og Tid\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Against Art: (The Notebooks) | Tomas Espedal | Book | 9780857425775 | New | Fiction 1434114","offer_id":50777888850178,"sku":"1434114","price":32.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51Fa_0Ccu8L.jpg?v=1792168166","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/against-art-the-notebooks","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}