In the Land of the Cyclops
| Author | Karl Ove Knausgård |
|---|---|
| Translator | Martin Aitken |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 5 January 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 469 |
| ISBN | 9781939810748 |
In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays is an essay collection by the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård.[1][2] Published in English in 2021, it is a selection of texts from Knausgård's books Sjelens Amerika. Tekster 1996–2013 and I kyklopenes land. Tekster 2009–2018, published by Forlaget Oktober in 2013 and 2018 respectively.[3]
Contents
- "All That Is in Heaven"
- "Pig Person"
- "Fate"
- "Welcome to Reality"
- "America of the Soul"
- "At the Bottom of the Universe"
- "Tándaradéi"
- "Michel Houellebecq's Submission"
- "Feeling and Feeling and Feeling"
- "Idiots of the Cosmos"
- "In the Land of the Cyclops"
- "The Other Side of the Face"
- "Life in the Sphere of Unending Resignation"
- "Madame Bovary"
- "The World Inside the World"
- "Ten Years Old"
Reception
Reviewing the book for The Guardian, Rob Doyle wrote that the essay was seeing a resurgence in popularity, but "Knausgaard's new collection, which covers literature, contemporary art, photography, nature writing and loose cosmic musings, does not show him to be a first-rate practitioner of the form". Doyle mentioned texts on Madame Bovary, Knut Hamsun and the "punitive, curtain-twitching philistinism" of Sweden's mass media as positive highlights, but wrote that Knausgård fails when he writes about abstract subjects.[4]
References
- ↑ Garland, Phillip (Spring 2021). "In the Land of the Cyclops by Karl Ove Knausgaard". World Literature Today. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays by Karl Ove Knausgaard". Publishers Weekly. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Knausgård, Karl Ove; Aitken, Martin (2021). In the land of the cyclops: essays. Brooklyn, NY: Archipelago Books. ISBN 9781939810748.
- ↑ Doyle, Rob (5 January 2021). "In the Land of the Cyclops by Karl Ove Knausgaard review – anaemic essays". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2026.