Sublime

The adjacent fjord, bluish green and totally still, the mountains that towered up on the other side, the few farms, high on the slopes, with their white walls and reddish roofs, their green-and-yellow fields, all gleaming in the bright light from the sun that was sinking and would soon disappear in the sea far beyond. The bare mountains above the f

Knausgaard’s writing could here be described as a form of mindfulness, but one must then separate mindfulness from Buddhist meditation, with which it is often associated. According to Buddhism, you should focus your inner gaze and attend to your attachments with the aim of detaching yourself from the struggles they entail. By paying attention to th

Back at home, returned to civilization, daily life takes over with surprising speed. Pleasures become more complicated, often less intense and more to be expected. Over the course of a few days, grand sensations – such as feeling full or warm, sleeping well, or seeing another human being – are taken for granted.

Eu era de longe o aluno mais novo da turma. A idade média dos estreantes literários na Noruega era pouco mais de trinta anos, segundo eu tinha lido em um lugar qualquer. Eu teria um pouco mais de vinte.

Se fossem buscá-la perto da meia-noite, como nas últimas vezes, seria quase impossível terminar.

obstinate

les entendis bavarder et plaisanter, assis sur le capot de leur voiture, à fumer une cigarette. En les écoutant, je me sentis soudain très seul et très loin du monde. On venait de me proposer une somme d’argent colossale pour la publication d’un livre qui me replacerait immanquablement sur le devant de la scène, je menais une existence qui faisait

Amat

‘Mythomania’