{"product_id":"9781787305540-arendal","title":"Arendal","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe haunting new novel from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Death in the Family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1976. Syvert is on his way back to his wife and two sons after a work trip when his car breaks down outside Arendal and he has to spend the night in the city. It is winter and bitterly cold; ice covers the strait all the way to the sea, so thick that cars can drive on it. There, almost home, but caught up in memories of his doomed love affair with Asya, a space opens between the known and the unknown, both in the city, as Syvert wanders the streets in the dark, and within him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArendal\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about impossible love and impossible life, about ships of the dead, fire and ice, dizzying starry skies and a man trying to find his foothold in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Absorbs you utterly’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read’ Brandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003e‘Addictive’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Brilliant storytelling . Epic’ \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘As accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama’\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArendal \u003ci\u003eis set in the Morning Star universe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56642965766518,"sku":"9781787305540","price":20.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39745886_b5c0c7df-0464-418e-b554-135804d4e1a4.jpg?v=1769723048","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787305540-arendal","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}